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  • Archive for December 13th, 2005

    Celebrating Christmas

    13th December 2005

    Megachurch bashers are at it again. This time around it has to do with Christmas services. I hadn’t noticed it earlier, but apparently the news that many of the larger churches around the country have decided not to hold any services Christmas morning because Christmas this year falls on a Sunday have caught the attention, and in many cases, the ire of many a news reporter, op-ed editor, community leader, and of course, your friendly neighborhood blogger.

    I first caught on to this story through DJ Chuang’s post, which include two lists: those churches that will not be holding Sunday services on Christmas morning, and those that will be having services. Rev Ed has a more balanced post about the issue, and he also points to the post at Church Marketing Sucks that provides a bit of a round-up of other blogposts on this storm in the Eggnog mug.

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