Transform Television Time
By Bill Tenny-Brittian Quick, what’s the most used appliance in your house? For most North American homes it’s the television. The average American adult spends about four hours a day watching TV and our children and youth generally spend even more time. And though I recommend “fasting” from the television from time to time, there […]
Transcending the Turn-and-Greet
By Bill Tenny-Brittian Many churches have a “greeting time” built into the worship service. In some, the time is a fellowship moment set aside for meeting and greeting visitors. Other churches use the time more liturgically to invite participants to “pass the peace” between one other. I’ve heard a number of pastors speak about how […]
The Fine Art of Coaching Small Group Leaders
Coaching appears to be the “next” big thing when it comes to church leadership. It seems almost everyone either (1) wants to be a coach, or (2) wants to be coached. The fact is, everyone needs a coach, but a great teacher doesn’t necessarily makes a good coach. Indeed, being a great practitioner of a […]
Why House Church?
I guess after a couple of decades as a church professional it shouldn’t bother me, but it does. It’s become one of my personal pet peeves and it always blows me away how my colleagues manage to let their language betray them. Church isn’t a building. Church isn’t a meeting. Church isn’t a decision-making body. […]
Is House Church Real Church?
By Bill Tenny-Brittian One of my biggest concerns about my House Church colleagues in other networks is that they tend to write articles, columns, and books on how the more established building-based churches are out of touch with God’s vision for the church and how the House Church is really the only church God had in mind. […]
It Takes More than Just an Hour
By Bill Tenny-Brittian My mechanical aptitude and abilities are legendary at The Rock. Master Mechanic Randy Stewart (and others) seldom lets me forget that I went to add power steering fluid to my car one afternoon and poured the oil into the brake master cylinder—not a good thing. Randy, God bless his soul, had to […]