by Marcus Bigelow | Mar 9, 2021 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
A friend and I were talking about the value of encouragement, and he said, “Hey, let me tell you a story.” Jared learned to play T-Ball at 5. After working with his dad at home, he played his first game. Taking a mighty swing the ball went about 4 feet. “Run to...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today more than ever, we have bi-vocational, co-vocational, and even multi-vocational pastors and church planters. Steve Sjogren shares his heart about this topic. Rather than viewing it as a negative, we can radically change our mindset to see the positive effects of...
by Travis Stephens | Feb 25, 2021 | Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
A little over ten years ago, my church hit a growth spurt. One year we grew by 18 percent, the next year 48 percent, and the next year 57 percent. Growth seemed to come easy back then. It’s much different these days, at least for us. Over the past few years, we’ve...
by Ron Edmondson | Feb 18, 2021 | Church Health, Pastoral Burnout, Small Church / Rural Church
A healthy team gives the potential for life to every idea. Every idea has a chance to live. Initially, there are no bad ideas. Healthy teams don’t contain a built-in idea killer. And if there is one they aren’t allowed to remain so for long. Ideas need a chance to...
by Travis Stephens | Feb 9, 2021 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Pastoral Burnout
Tell me if this sounds familiar. Whenever I have to deal with a difficult problem in my church, I contemplate doing something else with my life. Ministry just doesn’t seem worth it. I could get a job making more money with far fewer headaches far away from these...
