by Jeff Hoglen | Nov 13, 2023 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Today, I’m diving into something that’s both critical and a bit uncomfortable: Why do churches lose momentum? You know, that feeling when everything seems to be stalling out? The stats indicate that the majority of churches in the USA are at a plateau or even in...
by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 31, 2023 | Church Growth, Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church
If you are a pastor or church planter, you should be getting all sorts of emails and advertisements about church growth. Some seem legit, others… not so much. The ones that are clearly written by a marketing expert (rather than a practitioner of church planting)...
by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 25, 2023 | Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
Learning Through Loss:Insights from Unsuccessful Church Plants Unsuccessful church plants can offer valuable insight into how to approach ministry and evangelism in a more effective way. Even if the church plant fails, lessons can be learned that will help others in...
by Steve Sjogren | Sep 18, 2023 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Small Church / Rural Church
Some church people think of Halloween as a dark time on the calendar – a time when godly people should go the other direction as fast and far as possible. I disagree. Of course, there are elements of weirdness in dark spirituality here and there on October 31. On the...