by Ralph Moore | Mar 16, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
I met an interesting congregation on one of my teaching trips. They call themselves “The Oregon Community.” They were a recent church plant with an intense focus on meeting the needs of their local community. Outgrowing a rented facility gave a whole new opportunity...
by Dave Workman | Mar 11, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
“Virtually everything our modern culture believes about the type of leadership required to transform our institutions is wrong. It is also dangerous. There is perhaps no more corrosive trend to the health of our organizations than the rise of the celebrity CEO, the...
by John Wasem | Mar 4, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization, Pastoral Burnout
Dr. George Calver was the first appointed doctor for the United States Congress. He was hired in 1928 at a time when congressmen were dying at a rate of 20 per year. Over the 38 years that followed, Dr. Calver’s prescription of moderation worked and helped countless...
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...
