by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 13, 2026 | Church Growth, Church Health
If you’re using free stuff to grow your church, I need to be honest with you — it’s not working the way you think it is. Maybe it looks effective. Attendance is up. The room feels full. Full rooms and genuine disciples, however, are two very different things,... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 2, 2026 | Church Growth
“From Easter Guests to Engaged Disciples” isn’t just a compelling idea—it’s the assignment sitting right in front of a church plant in its first three years after Easter Sunday. You don’t have the luxury of wasted momentum in this season. Every new face represents... 
by Jeffrey Hoglen | Jan 22, 2026 | Church Growth, Outreach and Evangelism
Stop Calling It Outreach When You’re Only Reaching Christians! Your church just wrapped up another “outreach” event. Weeks of planning went into it. Volunteers showed up. Serious money got invested in promotion and logistics. The turnout was decent,... 
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Nov 27, 2025 | Church Health
Let’s talk about the thing that’s keeping you up at night. Declining attendance and giving is much lower than usual. Your budget projections from two years ago look like fantasy fiction now. And you’re wondering if things will ever get back to... 
by Jeff Hoglen, D.Min. | Oct 13, 2025 | Church Health, Outreach and Evangelism
We’ve spent decades trying to make the church more appealing. More relevant. Increasingly comfortable. And ultimately… whatever the culture says we should be. And here’s what we’ve gotten: empty seats and a generation that sees Christianity as...