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February 21, 2010 0 Comments

[The following post is from the Editor's Foreword in the Mar-Apr 2010 issue of Net Results, North America's most experienced church growth and evangelism magazine.] The role of the church is changing, whether

February 21, 2010 0 Comments

[Continued from "Tomorrow's Church Today - Pt. 1." The first half of this post was first published in the Mar-Apr 2010 issue of Net Results magazine.] The technology used in the service would

February 9, 2010 0 Comments

I received a thoughtful note from a Church-Talk listener. He contended that the church has fallen under the spell of the culture's understanding and practice of leadership. He went on the say that

February 1, 2010 0 Comments

From the beginning of 21st Century Strategies, a long, long time ago, we’ve had one driving value: help transform churches. We suspect that pretty much all our readers understand that one of the

November 18, 2009 0 Comments

Acts 1:8. You probably know the passage by heart: "You will be my witnesses from Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Those words were spoken

October 30, 2009 0 Comments

Christmas has begun. Oh, Advent is still a month away, but every big box store has rolled out the holiday decorations and even mom and pop stores are getting into the act little