We have been looking for some time now at how we can better fulfill our mission as the Encounter Community. There are 3 important steps that we are taking to start this process that you should know about. First, we …
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Author Archives: Jared Byas
Encounter By The Numbers
Posted 574 days ago byHere are the highlights from the Encounter survey we took several weeks ago: Our average age is 4055% are married28% are single17% are single again There are 91 kids living at home in the Encounter community. Far and away the …
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Venues Upcoming
Posted 581 days ago byHello all – I know Dave posted his “visual” of what is upcoming a while ago, but Mike A, our communications director, just released the “mostly” offical rendering of the new logos. We’ll all be getting cards this weekend with …
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Survey Results
Posted 582 days ago byHello all – I apologize for the lack of posting lately. We have a lot of exciting changes coming up for Encounter and my attention has undividedly been with those changes as of late. But the responses from the Encounter …
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God is Love – Michael Gungor Band
Posted 605 days ago byI usually reserve my thoughts until after I have seen everyone’s comments but I thought this was a good message and a well-done video. If you disagree…then I will label you evil, call you names, misrepresent your view points, talk …
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Define Truth in 1-3 Sentences
Posted 643 days ago byIf someone asks you about “truth” – what it is and how we can know it, what would you say?
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Overturning of Prop 8
Posted 645 days ago byIn case you hadn’t heard – California’s proposition 8 to ban gay marriage was recently overturned by a Judge Walker. Here are some evangelical leaders and their responses: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/augustweb-only/42.11.0.html [HT: Daniel Kirk]
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The Future of Evangelicalism in America – R. Cizik
Posted 658 days ago byA few days ago Richard Cizik, who used to be the vice-president of the National Association of Evangelicals, did an interview with NPR [Fresh Air] for the first time since he was asked to resign his post at the NAE …
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Loving the People Who Hate You
Posted 659 days ago byIt is easy for Christians to acknowledge that we should love our enemies. But usually by “enemies” we mean people we will actually never interact with, people who do us no personal harm. I am thinking of our world’s “Hitler’s,” …
Do Faith and Science Collide?
Posted 661 days ago byI have long been an advocate that both sides of this debate are looking at the problem incorrectly. Here is an atheist I agree with (on this point at least!): Read the Article Here
