by Travis Stephens | Nov 29, 2019 | Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
One of the best changes my church ever made was going from preaching stand-alone sermons every Sunday to preaching through sermon series. Sermon series gives you more time to prepare and more opportunities to be creative. They also generate more interest, which means...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Nov 25, 2019 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
We get asked about how to turn visitors into returning guests pretty regularly. Over the years, we’ve been gathering some of the best ideas we’ve seen. Recently, I put together a string of some of the best practices from first visit to membership for a pastoral...
by Toni Spry | Oct 30, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
First impressions are so important. Sometimes they’re so strong that they can’t be erased from the mind. Years ago Head and Shoulders shampoo advertised with the phrase “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” It’s so true. How will people view...
by Travis Stephens | Oct 16, 2019 | Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
The following post was written by Brett Bixby and was originally posted on Travis Stephen’s website – travisstephens.me There are lots of multisite churches in America today, and they are predominately located in cities. I think smaller, rural churches...
by Ed Stetzer | Aug 2, 2019 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization
We’ve all heard the old adage about the revolving church door. People come in and, before we know what happened, they leave, never to return. But what if this didn’t have to be the case? How do we treat those visiting or relatively new to our churches in ways that...
