Untamed
Alan Hirsch continues to give us much to think about. His new book, Untamed, is a book you must get and not only read, but make sure your key leaders read it and have a group discussion on it. It has the potential to revolutionize the way your leaders think about Jesus. Here are some […]
It’s Not too Late
It’s not to late to invite a friend to worship this Easter Sunday. In fact, if you have a staff, why not ask each of them to invite at least one friend today or Saturday and offer to go by and pick them up. “82 percent of unchurched people are at least “somewhat likely” to […]
The Expanding Web: Don’t Let Your Church Miss Out
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to work with advising several churches on their marketing strategies. These churches ranged from quite small to rather large – but they all had one thing in common: they were investing their bulk of their marketing dollars in mediums that brought them exactly zero results. Take […]
The Missional Church – The Comet That Killed the Dinosaurs, or a Knight in Shining Armor?
The 21st Century Strategies Advanced Leadership Forum recently posted this video. Take a moment to watch it below. It sounds so simple. But the question is, as always, “How?” How do you get a church that’s mired in institutionalism, ordained clergy, invitational evangelism, and hobby-based Christianity, to suddenly head out the doors of the church building […]
The Fifth Core Spiritual Habit: Personal Faith Sharing
The fifth core spiritual habit shifts the focus from ourselves and the church, and puts it where it ultimately belongs – on others. Jesus’ last commandment was to make disciples and to be a witness to what we’ve experienced in Jesus Christ (as opposed to what we’ve experienced in the church). In general, the church […]
The Fourth Core Spiritual Habit: Kindnesses Done in Jesus’ Name
With the fourth core spiritual habit, we’ve reached a significant shift. Up until now the spiritual habits have focused either on our relationship with God or our relationship with the church. In other words, the first three core spiritual habits are inward focused. The fourth habit, though, takes Jesus’ command to love our neighbors seriously. […]