{"id":46086,"date":"2015-09-27T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=46086"},"modified":"2023-10-21T21:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T02:56:19","slug":"2015-fall-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/2015-fall-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Brace Rutledge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/growth-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-meaning-of-life-3\/\">The Meaning of Life<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/growing-up-in-christ\/\">Growing Up in Christ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/every-member-working-together\/\">Every Member Working Together<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-importance-of-bible-study\/\">The Importance of Bible Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-need-for-prayer\/\">The Need for Prayer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-necessity-of-bearing-fruit\/\">The Necessity of Bearing Fruit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/a-matter-of-perspective\/\">A Matter of Perspective<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/pressing-on\/\">Pressing On<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Brace Rutledge The Meaning of Life Growing Up in Christ Every Member Working Together The Importance of Bible Study The Need for Prayer The Necessity of Bearing Fruit A Matter of Perspective Pressing On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119],"tags":[383,1000],"class_list":["post-46086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-growth","tag-meeting-series"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50087,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":46086,"position":0},"title":"Growth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Alan Feaster","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":64406,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/steps-for-spiritual-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":46086,"position":1},"title":"Steps for Spiritual Growth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"by Raymond Warfel","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70134,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/church-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":46086,"position":2},"title":"Church Growth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Chadwick Brewer When considering how to help the church grow, there is a real temptation to look to the business world and copy their marketing schemes. 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