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By Bill Easum          Over the years the average age of the people who serve in leadership on the churches Boards I’ve worked with (over six hundred) is fifty-two years of age, whereas

By BIll Easum At the very time when many voices are pronouncing the end of the institutional church and the rise of the emergent church, we’re witnessing the birth of three major reproductive

A lot of conversations and misunderstandings have arisen as a result of the Reveal study done by Willow Creek.  Because the study can be so helpful I thought I would set the record

The Key to Understanding Today’s World and the Role of the Church  Two metaphors will guide us - The National Park and The Jungle.  Everyone born before 1980 was born in the National

One of the crucial issues facing many North American church leaders today is to understand the scope and focus of mission. When thinking about mission, too many church leaders still think in terms

From time to time I write an article on what my travels across the U.S. are teaching me. It has been awhile since I have shared my observations, so I thought I would