Author: Bill Tenny-Brittian

Bill is the Managing Partner at The Effective Church Group. He began ministry as a church planter in the early 1980s and over the past 40 years he's grown churches from one side of the nation to the other. In 2002 he joined Bill Easum's consultation group and began partnering with churches and church leaders to help them reach their fullest potential. He is the author of twelve books and the editor of Net Results magazine. Reach Bill here.

Get Some Visibility

Vibrant Visions are the First Step to Vibrant Leadership

Bill Easum and I are working on an ebook called Church Turnaround. In one section, we talk about getting noticed by the community. Far too many churches that have been in existence for any length of time have become invisible to the community. If you’re going to turn your church around, you’ll have to be intentional […]

Prayvangelism

I spent the last week at a mainline’s church planter and church transformation training event. I wish I could say I was surprised at how great the training was. I wish. But the fact is, the training was long on the right theology and light on practicalities like the importance of evangelism in starting and […]

What’s in a Name?

I was with a group of church planters recently, and the conversation around the table focused on naming the church. Most of the planters had already named their ministries, but a few were still in limbo… which can be a very good place to be. So, if you haven’t yet named your church, or you’re […]

Did You Know … ?

multiplication ripples

Some things just creep up on you … Though the statistics in the video below date back to 2010, the information is invaluable. The question is, how will the church respond? Watch the video and then continue reading to engage in a conversation about how the church is responding. (Click the video screen to view.) […]

Like Clay

I was living in eastern Washington when Mount St. Helens blew megatons of rock, dirt, and ash into the sky back in 1980. For more than two days we watched the ash fall and accumulate in the fields until it blanketed almost everything. Though there was a good bit of fear about the effects it might […]

How to Boost Discipleship Participation

A culture of growth and multiplication

Way back in the world of Christendom, discipleship was presumed to be a part of what the church did. Back then, most church members had been raised in the church and they would bring their children as a matter of course. Today, however, the world has changed dramatically. Two generations now exist in the US that […]