by Ron Edmondson | Apr 8, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
I was once asked to help a church process how to get younger people to attend. After we discussed some change recommendations a man pulled me aside and said, “Son, we don’t need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church.” I soon learned he represented...
by Jeff Christopherson | Mar 29, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
We make statements every day. Most are quite unassuming—small facts needed to navigate life, maintain a healthy marriage, or keep our jobs. Other times we make greater claims. We pledge lifelong marital fidelity, we affirm oaths of national allegiance, or we attest to...
by Tom Nebel | Mar 15, 2019 | Church Planting
For years I’ve had to take a deep breath whenever anyone asked me what I did for a living. I knew that as soon as I’d say anything about helping to see new churches started, I’d receive a patronizing and dismissive smile– and I’d be relegated to some dustbin of...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 8, 2019 | Outreach and Evangelism
Green Card – permission and blessing for an immigrant to go to work. Our friends Rex and Sally tell us, “We loved America from our first moment in the country, but we didn’t feel at home early on. Mainly it was because we couldn’t go to work. We didn’t feel we fit...
by Jeff Hoglen | Dec 31, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Stadia brings people and churches together to transform lives and communities through church planting. Stadia strives to provide the BEST planter care possible to create the healthiest servants and most sustainable church planting environments. We have pioneered many...
