Lack of spiritual life and vitality amongst members, unbelief, people merely going through the motions rather than truly worshipping, no outreach and soul-winning, unresolved conflicts amongst members, lack of effective leadership, dead works, not depending on God or seeking His will for the church ... all these contribute to stagnation.
the leader making a mistake which then affects the whole country in a negative way.
Australian Christian Churches was created in 1937.
International Christian Churches was created in 2006.
Christian Churches Together was created in 2006.
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American Evangelical Christian Churches was created in 1944.
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches was created in 1955.
New Testament Christian Churches of America was created in 1969.
Some Mormon churches have polygamous worshippers.
Some antonyms of 'thrive' are: fail languish decline droop perish shrink shrivel stagnate wane wither wilt
Thousands of them
Well, a good example of this is the Latter Day Saint, or "Mormon," church. Their growth is exponential because they harbor different teachings from other religions and many people find this appealing. I guess what I'm trying to say is, different Christian churches have very different doctrine.