Churches Committed To Multiplication: Part Three
As a result of my time at the think tank in Atlanta, I spent some time listening to the message of several pastors who are leading either reproducing or multiplying churches, and I confirmed a suspicion I’ve had for some time. The success of a church is not determined by how well the pastor teaches or […]
Churches Committed to Multiplication: Part Four
Boy do I have egg on my face. Like most of the people who coach church planters, I’ve always told them that the most important thing they can do is get butts in the seats. Don’t worry about serious discipleship until you get a crowd. The problem with this is that by the time you […]
An Inside Look at What’s Killing the Average Church
I just finished watching an episode of the new TV show Public Morals. The show is about the gangster world of the 1960’s in New York and how all the cops were on the take. Before saying any more, I want to quickly add that I don’t recommend this show to anyone. But I was […]
Is Your Church Kingdom-Minded or Church-Minded?
The other day I was talking with a pastor about me possibly coaching him. In the course of the conversation I mentioned the need for churches to be more Kingdom minded than church minded and it went totally over his head. You could see in his eyes that he had no concept about what […]
What is the Secret to Effective Worship?
I am driven by the terrible fact that only about 15% of Americans worship as Christians on a given weekend. Â This consumes me. Â In a country where we are free to worship, why do so many refrain? What about you? Â Are you like me? Â Are you distressed by our worship reality? Â Do you wonder how […]
A New but Old Metric
I just finished a book called Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send by J.D. Greear. The premise is basically that the more people you send or give away for whatever reason, the more likely the church is to thrive because that is God’s plan for all churches as seen in […]