by Steve Sjogren | Sep 23, 2019 | Church Leadership, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
Someone sent me a tweet recently that I’ve been thinking about. He asked about mega-churches and if many of the people they attract simply come from other churches. To be clear, those who come to any sized church are usually already converted people whether those...
by Doug Murren | Sep 17, 2019 | Church Leadership
I want to state right away – I think vision is helpful. I am just not so sure it’s the solution or remedy for all leadership woes that it is often presented to be. One of the advantages of having carried the torch for a few decades is you see so many great...
by Steve Sjogren | Sep 2, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching
“Yeah, the weirdest thing. Everything seemed to be going well, at least it looked that way on the surface to us. We went away on a much-needed vacation. When we returned, the two leaders of a committee announced they decided I wasn’t the guy who could take things...
by Brian Jones | Aug 12, 2019 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
Years ago, the brilliant church analyst Lyle Schaller noted, “…dozens of surveys have demonstrated that rapidly growing congregations tend to be churches with long pastorates, and stable or declining congregations tend to have short pastorates.” I absolutely believe...
