by Jim Sheppard | Sep 2, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Outreach and Evangelism
I spend a lot of time in churches with church leaders and their people. I gave a lot of thought to what the game changers are for churches and I have chosen one that is simple and, to a lot of people, pretty obvious. It is right under their nose. My only fear is that...
by Dave Workman | Apr 29, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Often in churches like the one I pastored years ago, we turned the mainstream view of “believe, then belong” upside down. That’s because doctrine was often seen as a gatekeeper for who could enter the community. Or not. As a result, churches were often seen as...
by Travis Stephens | Apr 27, 2021 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
I’ve been thinking a lot about connections lately. I haven’t really made up my mind completely, but I know they’re important. Maybe more important than I ever took the time to fully realize. Possibly more important than just about anything else when it comes to people...
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 Steve Sjogren | Nov 5, 2020 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism
If the church was a mission to the moon, and I was the commander of the mission, my call to Mission Central would be: “Oh God, we have a problem!” The problem is that when the vast majority of people think of the Church, or of a Christian, their thoughts...