Gerry Charlotte Phelps top5 of 2006

Gerry Charlotte Phelps blogs at www.gerrycharlottephelps.com

1. This one, with its links, outlines the rise of the West and its decline, with or without the Islamists.  That Christianity gave rise to the power and prosperity of the modern West.  That abandoning Christianity some years ago is now killing Europe.  And that evangelism in Europe is literally the only thing that can save it - and why. See Evangelizing, No Europe" at http://www.gerrycharlottephelps.com/2006/01/no_evangelizing.html.

2.  This one, with its links and notes, sketches how and why the mainline churches have been in decline for more than 40 years, ever since they left historic Christianity, beginning with the "War for the Seminaries" of 1920s-1930s.  It also suggests making the denominations more democratic as one way to turn around their long decline.  See "Leadership at Odds With Churches" at http://www.gerrycharlottephelps.com/2006/02/leadership_at_o.html.

3.  This one - the introductory chapter of my new book - sketches how to grow any church by methods field-tested in various locations.  And how such growth in numbers and finances will arise from basic evangelizing and back-to-basics discipling.  See "Fruitful Church Growth" at http://gerrycharlottephelps.com/2006/07/fruitful_church.html.

4.  This one denies the false choice between evangelism and helping the poor, but contends that each is necessary to the other.  See "Helping the Needy and Afflicted, and Evangelism" at http://www.gerrycharlottephelps.com/2006/08/helping_the_nee.html.

5.  This one is about the latest big theological fad - the fourth in the last 30-odd years, with a shorter turn-around each time - and about maintaining our theological balance in spite of onrushing fads.  See "Eco-Theology: The Newest Big Fad" at http://www.gerrycharlottephelps.com/2006/06/ecotheology_the.html.