Diversity of Churches

Our class divided up into groups (no more than 4 people) and I had the opportunity to be with a group that had a very diverse background within their church tradition. The most interesting part of the group was when a lady in our group described her church. Her description was spot on match on what our professor talked about the day prior. She is part of a pentecostal church that was planted from the mother church in Hong Kong. When asked if her church was growing, her response was, "it's exploding." A few years ago it had around 300 individuals and now it has over 6,000 people coming on a weekend. Dr. Bolger described how very few churches (in the West) are growing today and if they are growing, they are mostly pentecostal or immigrant churches that have been planted here in the west. I guess our prof knows what he's talking about! :)