Daily Catalyst - The Effective Church Group

Word Count: 890 – Est Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s UpYou can’t grow a church by wishing harder. You grow it by taking the right steps in the right order … and tracking

Word Count: 496 – Est Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s UpWe’ve confused the term "missional" and, especially, the moniker "missional church." Somewhere along the way, it all started sounding like community activism with

Word Count: 848 – Est Reading Time: 3 Minutes What’s UpMost churches think they’re doing a pretty good job making guests feel welcome on Sunday. The problem is this: what feels normal to

Word Count: 603 – Est Reading Time: <2 Minutes What’s UpPastors love to trust their instincts. After all, experience counts for something. The problem is that intuition, unchecked, becomes a substitute for clarity

Word Count: 497 – Est Reading Time: 2 Minutes What’s UpLet’s stop pretending church behavior problems are people problems. They’re not. They’re church value problems.So WhatEvery church says it has values. Few churches