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 Jeff Hoglen | Jan 17, 2022 | Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism, Technology
Starting a church from scratch is never an easy path. It is something that requires faith, an undeniable calling along with some “blood, sweat, and tears” work ethic. Planting a life -giving church and doing the work of a missionary was a challenge long...
by Ron Edmondson | Jan 13, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
A young pastor was battling the leadership of the church to make changes. He felt part of his call to the church was to make changes, but every change he suggested the leadership of the church resisted. All his efforts to help the church grow again were met with...
by Jeff Christopherson | Jan 4, 2022 | Church Planting
Note from the editor: This article was originally written a few years ago. After reviewing the post, the editor felt as though there is still much we can glean as we enter the new year with expectancy. The rise of church planting fervor within many streams of...
by Dave Workman | Dec 14, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Revitalization, Servant Evangelism
In the early days of our church, founding pastor Steve Sjogren coined a simple phrase for people to use in basic “servant evangelism” outreaches. For instance, when we did free car washes…or water bottle giveaways at busy intersections…or raked leaves or...
