The Dead Church

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Have you ever wondered why a church is dead? I have the perfect answer for you.

A new pastor in a small town spent the first four days making personal visits to each of the members, inviting them to come to his first service.

The following Sunday the church was empty.

The next day, the pastor placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that, because the church was dead, it was everyone’s duty to give it a decent Christian burial.

The funeral would be held the following Sunday afternoon, the notice said.

Everyone was curious to see how the Church would be buried, so a large crowd turned out for the “funeral.”

In front of the pulpit, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers.

After the Pastor delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and invited his congregation to come forward and pay their final respects to their dead church.

Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a “dead church,” all the people eagerly lined up to look in the coffin.

Each “mourner” peeped into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty, sheepish look.

In the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror.

Joke taken from: Jokes.christianunite.com

 

 

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25 responses to “The Dead Church”

    1. Thank you. God bless you.

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      1. God bless you, too. ❤️

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  1. If you have not watched When God Left the Building, you need to do so. It is eyet opening. I will leave a link to the website below.

    https://wwv.group.com/whengodleftthebuilding/

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    1. Thank you for the link. I will check it out.

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      1. Let me know what you think.

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    1. Glad that you enjoyed it as much as I do. You also have a blessed weekend

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  2. Wow! Funny! I wasn’t expecting that! 🤣

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    1. Yes. It took me by surprise too. I don’ t like to attend funerals, but I think I would be among those who attended this one. 🙂

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  3. This make me laugh even though this is a serious message

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    1. It is serious and funny at the same time. Lord help us. 🙂

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      1. So true Beverley serious and funny at the same time.

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  4. There is no dead building call church it is spiritually dead people gathered in a building

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    1. Oh yes! That is why the mirror. The spiritually dead people have no sense of comittment. They come to church when they feel like or for entertainment.

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      1. The mirror reflects the condition of the heart of each individual.

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  5. I admit this was clever but this is a deep lesson to learn from

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    1. A deep and true lesson indeed. 🙂. Thank you for reading.

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  6. The story does make its point!

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    1. Yes it does. A strong one indeed. 🙂

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