The Three Minute Rule
The Three Minute Rule Retaining visitors after they show up is one of the most important aspects of disciple making. If they don’t return, you can’t disciple them. So, how is the best way to accomplish retention? Aside from having relevant worship, there is one thing that appears on every survey of why people return […]
A Parable for Our Time
A Parable for Our Time Two missionaries meet in a jungle where neither of them have traveled before. Both have been traveling for some time and have not found one Christian in all their travels. On the one hand they know the harvest is plentiful. On the other hand they yearn for a kindred traveler. […]
EBA Leadership Tip
On the Leader Sharing Doubt by Bill Easum No one is ever totally beyond doubt. The issue with me is how much doubt can a leader share with the people and still be the leader. I have found it is easier to share doubt about issues than about one’s faith and still be able to […]
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Summer Slump by Bill Easum What can you do to have a summer hump instead of a summer slump? I remember my first visit to Prince of Peace Lutheran right after Mike Foss arrived. I was impressed by something they did in the summer to have a summer hump instead of slump. They added an […]
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Top Five Lessons from Great Pastors by Jeff Patton Top Five Lessons from Great Pastors Summer time and the living is easy Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high Gershwin 1922 Well it is summertime and from where I sit, it is hot and the cotton ought to be high. I […]
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Surrender by Jeff Patton “Surrender is not the best way to live. It is the only way to live. Nothing else works. All other approaches lead to frustration, disappointment and self-destruction.” The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, “The Heart of Worship” p. 96 (Electronic Version). All to Jesus, I surrender, All to Him I freely give […]