by Brian Davis | Mar 17, 2022 | Church Health, Technology
The Great Commission is the CORE of Christianity, where Jesus gave this challenge: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded...
by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 14, 2022 | Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
I once heard a joke about statistics. The person giving the stats said – “73.267% of all stats are made up on the spot.” That may not be the case but it is difficult to trust every statistic that comes through your RSS feed. Thom Rainer and the good...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Mar 10, 2022 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Uncategorized
Ray is twenty-seven years old and works in IT at the local university. He’s been married for three years and he and Jessica just had a baby girl a couple of months ago. Life is pretty good for Ray and Jessica. They own their home – well, the bank owns it, but they...
by Dave Workman | Feb 17, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership
The most generalized common complaint I hear about church operations from staff and pastors is: “I hate meetings.” Especially those who consider themselves leaders along the “driven”-spectrum or who are more task-focused. Let’s be honest: most of us really don’t like...
by Steve Sjogren | Feb 10, 2022 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
I am often asked “How can one create a culture of serving somewhere that has been lacking an outward focus?” That’s a fair question considering how few churches have a truly outward focus. Is it possible to create a shift outwardly, really? It may take a while to see...