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May 1, 2023 1 Comment

I saw a post on Facebook that reminded me of a very practical church growth principle. The image said, ’The best gift you can give your mother for Mother’s Day is to sit

February 22, 2023 1 Comment

40 days is a significant time period in the Bible.  In the Old Testament, when God destroyed the earth with water, He caused it to rain 40 days and 40 nights. Moses was

February 16, 2023 0 Comments

We were talking about preaching to your target audience – your Outreach Avatar – and one of my preaching students shared that one of his elders was complaining about the sermon du jour on

February 4, 2023 1 Comment

When I served as a pastor – and in almost every church I served – one of the complaints I occasionally heard was that someone wasn't being spiritually fed. Apparently, that's not a new

November 9, 2022 0 Comments

To become a part of the Next Level for Church Growth Pastors Group (a private Facebook Group), a pastor has to answer three questions. Question #2 is about Church Growth. It's always amused

November 8, 2022 10 Comments

Over the years, there has been a good bit of talk about what a senior pastor is "supposed" to be doing when it comes to leading a church. However, it's clear that the