What If Religion Isn’t Dead After All?

What If Religion Isn’t Dead After All?

Word Count: 381 – Est Read Time: <2 Minutes What’s Up Everyone keeps saying the faith is dying. But the latest research? It may say otherwise. Perhaps religion isn’t dead. (See Ray Burge on Substack.) So What We’ve been fed a steady diet of doom and decline. But if you look closer, there’s a shift […]

The 50% Rule: Church Growth in Half the Time

Church Growth in Half the Time

Word Count: 411 – Est Read Time: ~2 Minutes What’s Up: Pastor, if you want church growth, you need to spend at least half your time with the unchurched. Period. So What: Most churches are financially unsustainable because they aren’t reaching enough people. Especially for churches with fewer than 125 in worship, a growth plan […]

Church Theft … How Funds May Be Stealing Through Your Doors

Ending Church Theft

Word Count: 418 – Est Read Time: ~2 Minutes What’s Up? Church giving is on the rise, but so is financial crime in the church. The church theft of funds is reaching epidemic levels. (LifeWay Research) So What? Churches are hemorrhaging money – not just from poor giving, but from mismanagement, theft, and outright fraud. […]

The Church Growth Strategy Your Church Desperately Needs

A working church growth strategy

Word Count: 349 – Est Read Time: 90 Seconds What’s Up? Churches have mistaken hope and wishful thinking for strategy—and it’s killing growth. So What? If your church growth strategy hinges on “being faithful” and “waiting on God to bring people,” you’re not actually planning—you’re stalling. Faith without action doesn’t move the needle. It’s time […]