Pastoral Care is Out the Window
It’s finally happening. A large percentage of highly effective pastors are dropping pastoral care from their agenda. Instead they are focusing on being the spiritual leader who sets the culture of the congregation and mentors the core leaders. Does this mean that pastoral care doesn’t happen? Certainly not. But it does mean the traditional way […]
People Are Being Programmed To Death
I never thought I would be writing an article like this one. I still remember telling churches they needed to be a seven day a week church if they wanted to grow. But no more! One of the new realities of the new breed of reproducing churches is the less they do the more they […]
The Phases of a Church Planting Movement
Bill Easum Over the past decade, a number of churches have initiated the beginnings of what could become one of the most significant movements in church history since the Reformation. I am running into multiple churches that have established church planting centers within them and have staffed their center with a full-time person in charge […]
Preaching in a Wildcard World
By Bill Easum Most of my life has been lived in a world of probabilities. Probability is the likelihood or chance that something is or will happen. Probability theory is used in statistics, mathematics, science and philosophy to draw conclusions about the likelihood of potential events. For most of my life it was easy to […]
Pushing the Limits of Possibilities
By Bill Easum “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phil 4:13. I wonder how many church leaders really believe this? More importantly, I wonder how many live as if they believe it? This text raises several questions-“What would I change about my life if I truly incorporated this text into my life?” […]
Reimagining the Church
<b>By BillEasum</b> Frank Viola’s Reimagining the Church is a logical sequel to his book Pagan Christianity. Like the former book, this one is a meticulous, interesting, disturbing look at the New Testament understanding of the early church. What’s interesting is I agreed with much of Pagan Christianity but not with much of Reimagining the church. […]