by Doug Murren | Jun 21, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Planting, Featured
What’s a system? I define a system as the process of developing and leading a church that lays out a process all can easily participate in the church life easily. A system is an agreed-upon way of behaving and reacting. A good system answers the right questions...
by Scott Thomas | May 27, 2024 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Church planters, as I have observed and personally experienced, live in a constant state of being either angry, depressed, or they are delusional. You might say, “I am neither angry nor depressed.” Delusional: “An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is not in...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 13, 2024 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism
Here are 12 Things Your Church Needs to Know…By The Time It’s 12 Months Old. These 12 things will help your church be healthy, balanced, and focused. 1. Don’t take yourselves too seriously You are important to God. Isn’t it enough to know that without the need...
by Ed Stetzer | Feb 21, 2024 | Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Every now and then, I get asked the question, “Should I go back and revitalize my home church?” This is a good question and one that has proponents on both sides. In an effort to answer the above question, let me outline the pros and potential drawbacks of going back...
by Jason Taylor | Dec 22, 2023 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
As a Church Planter, there are certain built-in big days that give you a great increase in numbers but sometimes leave you feeling empty the week after. For example, Easter can be one of those days. People go to church on Easter! They come to your church, and the...