by Ralph Moore | Mar 16, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
I met an interesting congregation on one of my teaching trips. They call themselves “The Oregon Community.” They were a recent church plant with an intense focus on meeting the needs of their local community. Outgrowing a rented facility gave a whole new opportunity...
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...
by Steve Sjogren | Aug 3, 2020 | Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
“We will start just as soon as we have the financing to do so.” It may seem reasonable to place this caveat on your projects, but such thinking is not reasonable. Most of what is done in the Name of God is accomplished by unreasonable people. Simply begin doing...
by Ron Edmondson | Jun 12, 2020 | Church Leadership, Discipleship
I have learned I don’t agree with everyone. And everyone doesn’t agree with me. I could say shame on them, and while that might be funny, it isn’t fair. I’ve been wrong many times before. Many times. Over the years, as I’ve taken time to listen and get to know people...
by Jeff Hoglen | May 8, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership
The church is going through a transition of sorts. Many of us are preparing to exit the full-lockdown measures of the current Covid crisis. While this is good news, it’s important that we look to the future with an awareness that we won’t be flipping a...
