by Dave Workman | Sep 7, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
I recently spoke at a friend’s church and mentioned that I believe Jesus teaches that we become more whole, more joyous, more fulfilled, as our focus moves away from ourselves and more outward. For instance, Jesus once told his disciples not to worry about what...
by Steve Sjogren | Aug 28, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
Invest your outreach dollars wisely. Don’t give your leadership blessing willy-nilly to all things that appear on your radar screen. Decent ideas are not necessarily the calling of the Spirit. Open doors are not assignments from On High. Allow God to speak to you. He...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Aug 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Prior to March 11, my wife and I went to the cinema almost every Friday. Thankfully, we mostly have the same taste in movies, so we saw a lot of action and adventure, some mystery, an occasional sci-fi, some rom-coms, and even a few Hallmark wannabe’s. A bucket of...
by Dave Workman | Aug 14, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership
If a definition of leadership is basically moving others toward a goal—moving a group of people from one place to another—then the first part of our job as catalytic leaders is to define reality. It’s a vital part of what we do. It’s what Jesus did over and over for...
by Steve Sjogren | Aug 12, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism, Small Church / Rural Church
John Chapman, aka the legendary “Johnny Appleseed”, was a missionary who reached out to Native Americans in the Ohio Valley in the early 1800s. He Had Simple Tools His primary planting tool was a stick! Do you have a stick? When his current stick wore out he found a...
