by Travis Stephens | Oct 1, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
There I said it. You may not agree, but you needed to hear it. Now, before you unsubscribe or send me a scathing email about the power of the spoken word of God, hear me out. I’m not saying that the Word of God is overrated. I’m not saying that you’re preaching isn’t...
by Dave Workman | Sep 24, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
At one point at the church where I pastored, we were doing seven identical services every weekend. In a room that seated 570 people, we had stumbled into some crazy momentum. The thing is, momentum seems to shift from time-to-time. You notice it easily watching...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Aug 17, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Prior to March 11, my wife and I went to the cinema almost every Friday. Thankfully, we mostly have the same taste in movies, so we saw a lot of action and adventure, some mystery, an occasional sci-fi, some rom-coms, and even a few Hallmark wannabe’s. A bucket of...
by Brian Jones | Aug 7, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
The secret to leading a growing church is to steal, steal, steal. If you want to lead your church in dynamic spiritual and numerical growth you don’t have time to reinvent the wheel each time you recognize that something original needs to be created in your church....
by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 3, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church
Getting Started Many churches start in homes or coffee shops. Sometimes these were intentional and other times a simple Bible study morphed into a church meeting. Needless to say, the micro church/house church model is by far the easiest to start and even duplicate....