by Ron Edmondson | Aug 14, 2024 | Church Health, Discipleship
I’ve often heard people say you can’t measure discipleship. I don’t know if that’s true. It is certainly true you can’t necessarily put a number or percentage on discipleship growth – as easily as you can numerical growth, but you can tell, over time, if discipleship...
by Brian Jones | Jun 26, 2024 | Church Leadership
Last night I had a dream that I was sitting in the back seat of a car riding around the streets of 1950s Clearwater, Florida. Everything I saw in my dream had a yellowish tint, like the way the Cohen brothers filmed the movie No Country For Old Men. At some point in...
by Jeff Hoglen | May 15, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Health, Discipleship, Outreach and Evangelism
When we zoom in on the practical aspects of our faith, the small, deliberate acts—those micro-missions—can light up our communities and ignite our church growth. Think about it: these aren’t grand, sweeping programs that require massive budgets or vast teams. Instead,...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 26, 2024 | Church Growth, Church Leadership, Church Planting
As church planters, we always endeavor to have a level 5 church—a church that plants a church to at least the fourth generation. How do we scale and multiply effectively? How do we do it in a healthy way? The Vision: What Are We Multiplying? As we embark...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 22, 2024 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Planting
The Power of Encouragement Encouragement isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s absolutely critical when you’re starting a church. It charges up your volunteers, fires up enthusiasm, and keeps everyone pushing forward when things get tough. When the people leading the charge...
