Thom Rainer: 7 Reasons Why Church Outreach Programs Fail
When I wrote "Autopsy of a Deceased Church," my desire was to demonstrate the terrible consequences and deaths of local congregations when the members are inwardly focused. It's why church outreach Programs fail.
7 Reasons You Should Invite (Some) People to Leave Your Church
Sometimes, one of the best things you can do to become even more effective at accomplishing your mission is to invite people to leave your church.
8 Easy Ways to Be Missional
We can be missional in everyday ways without overloading our schedules. We can have a missional lifestyle in everyday ways without overloading our schedules.
All Christians Are Called to Full Time Ministry
If you call yourself a Christian, your agenda is now filled with an all-consuming calling from Christ himself to full time ministry.
Thom Rainer: 6 Early Warning Signs of Church Dropouts
One of the most significant reasons for stagnating and declining attendance is church dropouts. The most challenging problem is that church dropouts rarely return.
Why Church Attendance Is STILL So Important
It's surprising to me how many Christians struggle with the idea of church attendance. We are at a crossroads in our nation on the importance of going to church.
Shepherding: Where The Shepherds Are Shaped by the Sheep
I can’t imagine a better scenario or a sweeter season for my first pastorate. I learned that in shepherding, the sheep shape the shepherd.
Most Churches Are Not Ready to Be Ethnically Diverse – Here’s Why
While specific churches are leading the way toward being ethnically diverse, a movement of tens of thousands of churches does not exist. Perhaps we’re at the beginning stages of such a movement.
Phil Cooke: What Every Church Leader Needs to Know For the Coming Year
Hopefully we’re moving forward, and as we consider the next year or more, here’s two critical points pastors and church leaders need to know for the coming year
How to Know If Your Leadership Is Abusive
Ministry isn’t easy. Firm leadership and visionary leadership are necessary at times, hard decisions need to be taken and church discipline needs to be exercised, but there can be an overall tone, or an underlying current to a man’s ministry that is far from helpful.
Telling Right From Wrong Can Lead Us To God
Where did we get the ability to tell right from wrong? It’s a big problem that evolution has no way of explaining human morality.
6 Reasons People Do Not Visit Your Church [Updated for 2020]
Your church wants to reach people, spread the Gospel, and grow. Why is it that new people aren’t showing up to your church like you hope and pray? Here are reasons people do not visit your church. Are any true of your church?
6 Simple Ways to Love Your Neighbors This Holiday Season
Fresh ideas to strengthen and liven up your community.
How to Be Transparent in Ministry (and Why It Matters So Much)
Real transparency between fellow sisters (and brothers) in Christ is much deeper and much more difficult than what we commonly practice. Being transparent in ministry is painful, embarrassing, humbling work, for the teller as well as for the hearer.
8 Reasons Why People Aren’t Coming Back — from a Secret Shopper
Why do people decide not to come back to church? Whether I’m working with a church plant of 60 people or a megachurch of over 15,000, some things are universally important.
5 Radical Ideas for Missional Living
So many of us start out in our 20s full of dreams and idealism, and then reality hits.
How the Spirit Ignites Our Supplication
The Lord wants us to be controlled and empowered by the supernatural reality of His Holy Spirit rather than by human strategies and intellectual prowess.
How to Experience a Breakthrough in Your Church’s Growth
How do we experience a breakthrough in church growth? There are plenty of answers in terms of systems and methodologies, models and approaches. But before we go about the reshaping of the structure or ministry of a church, we first need to experience a change in our mindset.
How NOT to Waste This Opportunity: The Greeting
"When you welcome people to your church, do you still behave like it’s 1999?"
How to Make a Real Impact in the Lives of Others
Serve in any way you can, wherever there’s a need, big or small.
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‘We Did It!’—Abuse Survivors Win Victory in SBC Executive Committee Investigation
The news comes after Mike Stone, one of the EC members accused of mishandling sexual abuse allegations, lost the SBC presidential race—and had a controversial exchange with survivor Hannah-Kate Williams.
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