Finance and Leadership By: Tom Bandy Established churches of all kinds are hitting a financial wall. Some are now asking the clergy or staff to take salary cuts, and these leaders are rightly

How Churches Become Alive Spiritually: Part 2 By: Bill Easum Last week we saw how churches become spiritually dead. But spiritual death does not have to happen. In order for the picture to

How Churches Die Spiritually: Part One By: Bill Easum Most established Protestant churches today are spiritually dead. I don’t believe church leaders intentionally set out to cause their church to become spiritually dead.

Mission Teams by Tom Bandy Think of a mission team like a battery. The energy requires two poles to be connected to the Spirit. The first pole is the mentor … this is

Property By: Tom Bandy Do we buy and renovate, rent and redecorate, or build and design? Any of the alternatives might be a good move, but in order to make a decision with

Finance By: Tom Bandy As I write this, it is almost April, and another tax deadline looms. People over 45 are scrambling to get their tax receipts from the church, so they can