by Jeff Hoglen | Aug 3, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Planting
There are many reasons we should start a church. There are even more reasons we should plant churches that plant churches that will continue to multiply… and plant more churches. There are also numerous reasons not to start a church. Here is just one reason NOT...
by Ed Stetzer | Jul 30, 2021 | Church Health, Discipleship
Most of us know how essential volunteers are to making sure our churches are as effective as they need to be. Churches need to develop an ethos of valuing volunteers, but in order for churches to thrive, they would do best to raise up volunteers who are leaders and...
by Dave Workman | Jul 28, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Coaching
In my years of coaching pastors, I’ve found that the conversation will inevitably drift into one of three tracks that will determine what the person being coached really wants. Even when you begin a session with, “What would you like to leave with as a result of our...
by Steve Sjogren | Jul 22, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
In Acts 2, when Peter was inspired to preach mightily by the power of the Holy Spirit, he was evidencing an amazing amount of “faith casting.” In that case, the place where they were meeting was affected by the presence of God in response to what the...
by Ron Edmondson | Jul 20, 2021 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Change has changed. Have you noticed? Of course, you have. It’s all around us. You might not have thought about it, but you’ve certainly experienced the result of the way change has changed. I first wrote these thoughts 9 years ago, and they are truer today. Change is...