Six Lessons from Interview with Brian Bolt
In a span of ten years, Brian Bolt has gone from starting one Recovery Home to planting more than 50 churches with 30 plants scheduled to be launched on one day in September of this year (2016). How does one church planter go from launching one church plant to almost 100 churches in ten years? […]
A New Scorecard for Churches in Any Age
Scorecards are valuable in any game because they tell you whether or not you’re winning. If it is important to know if you’re winning in a game, how much more important is it to know if you are “winning” as a church? It eternally matters! I’m one of those people who believes that if you […]
Seven Lessons from an Interview with Ralph Moore
Ralph Moore, pastor of Hope Chapel in Honolulu, is a 70-year-old, humble hippie who is planting the third Hope Chapel in Hawaii. Ralph is responsible, directly or indirectly, for more than 1,000 church plants. I was struck by his humble, straightforward way of sharing both himself and what he has learned. Here is what I learned […]
5 Steps to a Spirit-Driven Church
Is your church the way you want it? Be honest. Is your congregation the way you believe God wants it? Be honest. I believe the answer to those questions is often “no.” And I’m sorry for you. Most church leaders work very hard and are committed to Jesus. Most church members really want the congregation […]
Back to Basics: 5 Ways to Increase Your First-Time Visitor Count
There are plenty of explanations why churches aren’t growing today … and frankly, most of what I read has a lot of merit. Culture’s changed. The church hasn’t … or it hasn’t kept up with the changes. Boomers left. Gen-X quit. Pre-Mills never got connected. The Millennials view church as so much yesterday’s yesterday. On the […]
Radical Discipleship: Key to Authentic Growth
A Blog by Bill Easum and The Effective Church Group By radical we mean becoming more and more like Jesus in every way. That’s a big, hairy, audacious goal for sure. But it is at the heart of what Jesus did every day with the disciples. He mentored them to become like him. He wasn’t […]