{"id":194,"date":"2008-02-20T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T00:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/index.php\/2008\/02\/uncategorized\/alternatives-to-conventional-church\/"},"modified":"2008-02-20T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2008-02-20T00:17:59","slug":"alternatives-to-conventional-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newchurchlife.com\/alternatives-to-conventional-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternatives to Conventional Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: &#39;Century Gothic&#39;\">A study from <strong>The Barna Group<\/strong> provides evidence that attitudes have transitioned from skepticism to widespread acceptance of new forms of &ldquo;church.&rdquo; Even pastors of conventional churches are becoming open to some of these forms. Read this week&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barna.org\/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&amp;BarnaUpdateID=292\" title=\"Barna Group\"><font color=\"#009900\"><strong>Barna Update<\/strong><\/font><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study from The Barna Group provides evidence that attitudes have transitioned from skepticism to widespread acceptance of new forms of &ldquo;church.&rdquo; Even pastors of conventional churches are becoming open to some of these forms. 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