I just finished reading a draft to endorse George Barna's new book Rechurching the Unchurched. Not the best title, but one that aptly describes the book. It has some very interesting facts drawn

The following are my thoughts on a small section of Chuck Smith's book, The End of The World....As We Know It (Waterbrook Press, 2001). I wholeheartedly recommend this book. Modernity had a way

Congregations have four levels of maturity - okay, good, quality, and excellence. As the church grows in numbers, it must also grow in its maturity. People expect more the larger a church becomes,

Vision is often determined by who you spend most of your time with. Consider Paul's call to the Gentiles in Asia Minor. Paul was in Antioch working among Gentiles when he had the

One of the key shifts of our time is the shift from attracting people to empowering missionaries to go out. Spending money doing advertizing used to work. Today, it doesn't. Today we need

(From one of our Forum members) 1. Stay Well First and foremost is my spiritual life. This means daily time with God, tithing, covenant/small groups both within and outside my church, good continuing