21st Century Strategies: Resourcing and supporting effective and faithful churches by equipping church leaders through consulting, coaching, training, and leadership development.

Our focus is on resourcing and supporting missional church growth, leadership development, church transformation, church planting and multi-site ministry. 

Since 1987 our consultants, Bill Easum and Bill Tenny-Brittian, have directly served more than 1,000 churches, trained hundreds of thousands of church leaders, and amassed a wealth of cutting-edge resources.

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Bill Tenny-Brittian's Blog on Church Growth and Church Leadership Development
The Platinum Rule of Hospitality: 21st Century Strategies for Church Growth
Wednesday, 15. May 2013
The following is an excerpt from the upcoming book 21st Century Strategies for Church Growth. The Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have done unto you" has been the hallmark of the church for nearly two millennia. However, the rule has been lately misapplied to mean, "We'll do unto others as we would have [...]

Why Church Business So Often Fails
Wednesday, 08. May 2013
Today's spiritual seekers rarely turn to Christianity or to the church to find the answers they seek because of their past experiences or because of the church and faith's reputation. Too often, spiritual seekers have turned in desperation to the church only to discover the church embroiled in "business as usual," that leaves little room [...]

Bill Easum's blog on Church Growth and Church Leadership Development
62 Ways to Connect with the Unchurched
Wednesday, 15. May 2013
In order to connect with the unchurched you have to have three ingredients: a knowledge of God’s word; a good relationshipRead the Rest...

Questions to Ask of a Failed Church Plant
Tuesday, 14. May 2013
    Did the planter develop a team first? If so, how long were they together before planting? Who wasRead the Rest...