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Click on my nose to see my Literature Table: Dave Leach On The Campaign Trail ..Fortunately I have a plan. It's not mine, really. ...But honestly, this plan is as good as if I had written it myself. Read The Plan (What Christians & churches can do)  (Also see part 2: Bylaws of The Partnership Machine, Inc.) The Plan! (What ONE MAN can do) Uncle Ed.'s SECRET PLAN for overhauling Christendom! (Secret Agents: you may NOT read this. Read the testimony of one who tried!)("The Plan!" is chapter 17 of "God's Cure for Loneliness" below. The Plan above is God's plan for a group.) Sign our Family Petition! You can sign in support, or in opposition! Your comments will be published with your name! (If you want to "take a stand", use your real name.) SUMMARY: You don't "take a stand" for The Truth by sticking to comfortable truths. And to the extent you don't take a stand for The Truth, your own family has no reason to trust you. If you are ready to "take a stand", stick up for truths which infuriate liars so much that they will persecute you for proclaiming them. Such as certain truths about the seriousness of abortion. If you aren't "controversial", then by definition, you aren't "taking a stand" for The Truth. By definition, you are actually "ashamed" of The Truth. Don't make The Truth ashamed of YOU! John 14:6, Mark 8:34-38   "God's Cure for Loneliness" <> "Pulpit: Private Property, or Public Podium?" <> "How we can turn 'church' into CHURCH!" <> "According to 1 Cor.14, today's churches are receiving only about 1% of the blessing God offers them. How we can return to 100%." Summary: By "fellowship", God doesn't mean sitting in a church pew for an hour with people you barely know, to listen to a lecture that offers as much human interaction as a good book, with a group that doesn't turn any world upside down other than its OWN little world! GOD'S kind of fellowship is where God's people talk with each other, get to know each other, do things with each other, and become close, trusted friends, through sharing the joys and demands of making the world a better place, by shining the light of Jesus upon it. Fellowship isn't always easy. It is easier to be lonely. But God offers tools to create fellowship. God did not create us to be lonely. In fact, God even COMMANDS us to have fellowship! Not just HOLLYWOOD fellowship, but GENUINE fellowship. God COMMANDS you to not be lonely! God COMMANDS you to not live a miserable, empty, hopeless life! After all, God wants you in Heaven! God doesn't want to spend all eternity with a bunch of unpleasant old sourpusses!   Warning: To the extent you agree with this study, you will immediately want its vision manifested in your church. When it doesn't manifest immediately, you will be tempted to blame people besides yourself, out of frustration. Don't be frustrated! Be encouraged, for three reasons: 1) You would be surprised how many people already understand and pray for similar visions. I have talked with laymen who would love to initiate these changes but are frustrated by the inertia of pastors. I have talked with pastors who would love to initiate these changes but are frustrated by the inertia of their congregations. There is reason for hope here. 2) All the changes contemplated here are only a few short steps from manifestation already. 20 centuries of Christian experience have not been for nothing. A mature, Biblical church is different than the churches you know only in details small enough for you, yes you, to influence! As you read each chapter of the book, you may get the impression each little step is so enormous that this generation will never be able to leap so far. But after you have read the entire book, I hope the vision will come to you which I have: of a "Church Triumphant" which ALREADY exists! An actual "perfect church" in which Christians already can and routinely DO fellowship! For a step-by-step plan of what you can do, read "The Plan!" on our home page. 3) God answers prayer! So what if the vision which weighs you down looks like it could take a lifetime of work and even then seems hopeless but for miracles of God? If your vision required any less than a lifetime of work, just what do you think would be left to fill the rest of your life with meaning?! Get to work and stop whining!    Our Sponsor: (Click on this picture to share Eighth Note's Amazing Experiences!)

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