On the Verge Update
Well, I finally found time to finish On the Verge by Alan Hirsch and Dave Ferguson. So I thought I would update my earlier post. This book is a jewel. By the title one can assume the authors sense that Western Christianity is on the verge of something big – an apostolic movement of gigantic potential for […]
Top 8 Reasons for Being a Church of Missional Small Groups
Before I share this list, let me explain the difference between missional small groups and small groups. Small groups get together to share life around the Scriptures, apprentice new leaders, and form new groups, and may or may not have a mission beyond the small group. Mission and ministry are the heart of missional small […]
Big Worship Mistakes
I go to a lot of churches and see a lot of different worship services, both contemporary and traditional. I’m constantly amazed at how many of these services seldom consider the presence of non-believers in the audience. Let me give you some examples. I was in a church the other day that said it was […]
Church Planters’ Heaven
One of the most valued pieces of church planting is often lost in the hustle and bustle of setting up and taking down, but when its discovered it’s like heaven on earth. I’m talking about visibility. Nothing takes the place of visibility for a church planter’s success. A planter lives and dies on visibility. Visibility […]
The One Thing to Do If Your Church Is Declining
If your church is not growing, there is one thing you must do to get it growing. You must ask yourself this question every time you are about to something or spend money – “If I do this today will it result in more people in worship tomorrow? If not, I better have a good […]
The Future is Coming True
I was just interviewed by a young man who was doing research on multi-site churches for his seminary degree. He was quite thorough and seemed to have covered the waterfront in his reading on the subject. What got my attention were two insights I was not aware of. The first insight was that I was the second […]