by Artie Davis | Sep 27, 2018 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
Unmet Expectations can KILL! You know the feeling… You were expecting with all of your heart for “this”, instead you got “That!” We all have expectations, we have them in marriage, kids, teammates, weather, restaurants, and friends..etc… The problem is when our...
by Martin Buehlmann | Sep 6, 2018 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching, Outreach and Evangelism
A few years ago, Georgia, my wife and I went to downtown Berlin to do some shopping. We had seven different stops to make. As we were leaving the house, I told my wife that I wanted to “add value” to the employees of the places where we were going to shop....
by Toni Spry | Jul 9, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
Is hospitality a lost art? Has “We’d love to have you come over to our home” been replaced by “Let’s eat out.” Is communicating by e-mail, FB or twitter how we reach out to new people who have visited our new church plant? Maybe it’s time to connect on a more...
by Rice Broocks | Jun 1, 2018 | Church Planting, Communication / Preaching, Outreach and Evangelism
In a previous entry – “Evangelism is not just relationship” I submitted that we must not hesitate to share the Gospel even if we don’t have a relationship with the person. My hope is to get people talking about the Gospel. Yes, preaching the Gospel...
by Scott Thomas | Jun 27, 2017 | Church Leadership
According to several sources (Pike, 2009, Calvin, 2008, Montgomery, 2006, et al) eighty percent of adult children of pastors surveyed have had to seek professional help for depression. Pastor’s kids rarely stay in the church or keep their faith. Eighty percent...
