By Bill Easum 2008 was a very bad year for the majority of people around the world.  Savings and pensions cut in half. Jobs lost. And a world-wide lack of confidence in governments.

Not long ago on our advanced leadership listserv (www.easumbandy.com), a member posted a stirring message in which he asked: Dear Bill: My sense is that it's around these bottom-line issues that most of

Established churches in North America, once giants of innovation and passion, are now on the brink of irrelevance and boredom. In the span of thirty years a large number of established churches in

When most people hear the word “missionary” they think of someone going off to a foreign country. That used to the case. But no more. Today, in the U.S., we are called to be

By Bill Easum First, you have to understand that there are two kinds of beyond the box churches – conventional and unconventional.   The following categories apply mainly to the conventional beyond the box

by Bill Easum “You have heard it said . . . , but I say . . . ” --Jesus of Nazareth You have heard it said, “Think outside of the box!” But