Worship Is a Celebration, Not a Performance
A friend of mine called the other day to ask my advice about something going on at his church. It seems one of their lead worship singers leaves the room as soon as she is finished singing and sits in the lobby drinking coffee, never attending a service. He has said something to her a […]
Dare We Peek into the Future?
Recently, I received a phone call from an old client I had not heard from for several years. He called to ask if I had given any thought to making a new list of predictions about the future. He had just re-read my 1993 book entitled Dancing with Dinosaurs and was impressed that the list […]
The Greatest Tragedy in History
If you were asked what you considered to be the greatest tragedy in history, what would you say? Surely some would pick the Holocaust. Others in the U.S. might pick 9/11. Still others would settle on Hurricane Katrina. There might be a few who would reach back in history and choose the Great Plague that […]
Stop Suffering From Mega Church Envy
We live in a time when the nature of church is changing dramatically. There are a few very large congregations, but most churches are quite small. Do I have to be a mega church pastor to be “successful?” What does it mean to be church in our time? Let’s be honest. How do we feel […]
The Top Staff Positions for Churches Reaching Young Adults
A client recently posed a staffing question and asked me to address it. “Why should the first hired staff positions be (1) a worship leader for a non-traditional style worship service; and (2) a children’s director?” The answer is as simple as it should be self-evident. Without a steady influx of young families to the […]
Does Jesus Believe in Church Growth?
The term “church growth” means all sorts of things to different people. Some see no problem whatsoever. Others find it to be controversial. The question that defines it for me is? Do your pews or seats look like this image on a Sunday morning? Somewhere between 15 and 20% of Americans will worship as Christians […]