Seismic Shifts
I’ve lived through a number of seismic shifts the last twenty years. These shifts have changed the way I think and consult and I’m watching how they have affected effective pastors. Those who haven’t assimilated these shifts lead declining churches and those who have assimilated them are leading growing churches. So I want to share […]
Church Planting Movements
1. We ask this question of everyone, and the (diversity) in the answers (is) wonderful – how would you define the “postmodern movement?” I define the postmodern movement by what it has caused to happen rather than trying to describe it. Postmodernism seems to have caused three things to happen. We live in a time […]
Maximizing Your Church’s ROI (Return on Investment)
Unless you’re a church leader in a very large church, you’re probably aware that your congregation has limited resources (and in today’s economy, even large churches are struggling with decreasing resources). During those times when resources are exceptionally limited, it’s more important than ever to be very careful where you invest them. Every investor wants […]
A Change to Contemporary Worship
Grace UMC is located in South Central Pennsylvania about 60 miles north of Baltimore,Md. The community of Hanover is growing about 7-8% annually. Overall population of the community within 10 miles of Grace Church is about 40,000. Grace Church has plateaued in its Sunday Worship attendance for over 15 years at 200 in two morning services, […]
Communicating the Gospel on the Internet
The Internet has given Christian churches and ministries a brand new opportunity to communicate the gospel in a new, worldwide society. Distance in time and physical space is not a major obstacle anymore. Communication happens via e-mail, Web pages on the Net with text or graphics with hyperlinks, animation, audio and video. Internet Relay Chat […]
Church Growth in One Sentence
I was privileged to visit Northpoint’s new Browns Bridge Campus a few months back. This is an amazing story–brand new 3,000 seat auditorium filled twice on Sunday morning. How do they do that? Part of the answer, or course, is that a whole lot of people came from the main campus at Northpoint. They live […]