Decline & Renewal, 17: Tim Spivey Guest Column
Editor's note: This is the last in our series of guest columns on church decline. Starting later this week, articles will focus on renewal. Our twelfth and final guest column is from Tim Spivey, a native of Southern California. Tim preaches for New Vintage Church in Escondido, California. He is a Pepperdine University graduate and has his DMin from Abilene Christian University. Tim is a prolific writer. You can find his blog pos ts at newvintageleadership.com . He has a keen eye for church health, and I think you’ll find his reflections to be helpful in our conversation about church decline. The View from Tim Spivey Growing up in the Churches of Christ on the West Coast in the 1980s and 1990s was a blast. Churches of Christ during that era were growing and spiritually vibrant. Those who have moved into Southern California over the last fifteen years or so may find that hard to believe, but it’s true. In Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties there were a number ...