by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Aug 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Prior to March 11, my wife and I went to the cinema almost every Friday. Thankfully, we mostly have the same taste in movies, so we saw a lot of action and adventure, some mystery, an occasional sci-fi, some rom-coms, and even a few Hallmark wannabe’s. A bucket of...
by Steve Sjogren | Aug 3, 2020 | Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
“We will start just as soon as we have the financing to do so.” It may seem reasonable to place this caveat on your projects, but such thinking is not reasonable. Most of what is done in the Name of God is accomplished by unreasonable people. Simply begin doing...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 3, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church
Getting Started Many churches start in homes or coffee shops. Sometimes these were intentional and other times a simple Bible study morphed into a church meeting. Needless to say, the micro church/house church model is by far the easiest to start and even duplicate....
by Dave Workman | May 4, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization
Thirty years ago, the church I was a part of began using video. A lot. Our numbers had exploded. We were in a former Baptist church building that seated 572; I remember because we had taken the pews out (it was cutting edge back then to not look like a church!) and...
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...