Churches Committed to Multiplication Part Six: Why It’s Next to Impossible for Mainline Churches
The issue of church multiplication is either a mystery or an unknown to most mainline pastors and denominational leaders. Most of them are simply trying to survive, so the gap between survival and multiplication is wider than the Grand Canyon. But what would have to happen to make multiplication possible for mainline churches? There would […]
Churches Committed to Multiplication Part Six: Why It’s Next to Impossible for Mainline Churches
The issue of church multiplication is either a mystery or an unknown to most mainline pastors and denominational leaders. Most of them are simply trying to survive, so the gap between survival and multiplication is wider than the Grand Canyon. But what would have to happen to make multiplication possible for mainline churches? There would […]
Churches Committed to Multiplication Part Five: A Conversation with Ralph Moore
I just got off the phone from a delightful conversation with Ralph Moore, pastor of Hope Chapel in Honolulu. Ralph is a 70-year-old, humble hippie who is planting the third Hope Chapel and is responsible directly or indirectly for more than 1,000 church plants. I was struck by his humble, straightforward way of sharing both himself and […]
Churches Committed to Multiplication Part Five: A Conversation with Ralph Moore
I just got off the phone from a delightful conversation with Ralph Moore, pastor of Hope Chapel in Honolulu. Ralph is a 70-year-old, humble hippie who is planting the third Hope Chapel and is responsible directly or indirectly for more than 1,000 church plants. I was struck by his humble, straightforward way of sharing both himself and […]
Interesting Stats on Growing a Church: Breaking Some Old Myths
Here’s some research that you should know about – it could give you some pointers on what grows church plants. The research included all major denominations and some 1200 church planters. The survey was limited to churches started after 2007, so there were 843 church planters that fit the criteria. The research was done by Newchurches.com […]
The Strategies that Grow Churches
Only Four Things Grow Churches I’m fond of reminding church leaders that only a few things grow churches, but there are literally thousands of things that keep churches from growing. When it comes to growing churches, you can do one of two things. You can focus on trying to fix what’s broken so that you […]