by Ron Edmondson | Apr 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership
As churches begin to prepare for re-opening our buildings, I think there are three important questions every church leader needs to ask. There are probably many more within each of these, but I like simplicity, so I’m limiting it to three. I wrote previously about...
by Travis Stephens | Apr 8, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership
I can honestly say that I’ve never experienced a week quite like the one we just had in America. The coronavirus is changing our lives on a daily basis. First, the CDC recommended no large group gatherings of more than 250 people, then 50 people, and last Monday the...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 1, 2020 | Church Leadership, Small Church / Rural Church
The purpose of the church is to reach those who are far from Christ and to help them become true disciples. The hope is for them to become mature Christians who impact their community and even the world for the glory of God. If that is our goal and desire, we need to...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 30, 2020 | Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
This may be a time of world crisis, yet for those who have “ears to hear,” we have reason to rejoice in the open doors of opportunity to bring God’s love in practical ways. When we meet an outward shortage of any sort in life, we have easier access to hearts as we...
by Ed Stetzer | Mar 27, 2020 | Outreach and Evangelism
As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary identity than we are by our national identity, our political identity, our environmental identity, our social identity, or even our church identity. Don’t get me wrong. We ought to love our...