Blended Services… or Not
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming book, 21st Century Strategies for Church Growth. One of the consistent messages we hear during onsite consultations is that the church is committed to reach those beyond the church walls. One of the realities these churches have to face is that there are a limited number of non-active […]
Reaching Young Adults: Podcast with Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer Podcast
Top Five Reasons Why Churches Don’t Grow
When I get called in as a consultant to work with stuck, plateaued, or declining churches I have a couple of things I look for right off the bat. In the vast majority of the cases I discover that their inability to grow, let alone sustain, their membership is caused by one of six issues. […]
Why Multi-Site Churches are Crucial to the Future
Here are our reasons for believing that multiple site ministries will be one of the driving forces of the 21st century. 1. Many established churches are starting to grow when they get a young pastor with fire and they don’t have enough land to grow. Moving is too costly emotionally for the older crowd, so […]
The Platinum Rule of Hospitality
The golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have done unto you,” has been the hallmark of the church for nearly two millennia. However, the rule has lately been misapplied to mean, “We’ll do unto others as we would have done unto us… so all those ‘others’ will have to like what we like.” […]
There are Better Places for Kids than “Big Church”
According to the American Religious Identification Survey (from Trinity College, Hartford, CT) the fastest growing religious affiliation growing in North America is the unaffiliated. Called “the church of the nones” by scholars, these are people who were once affiliated with the Christian faith, but have “opted out” of faith. Although many, perhaps even a majority, […]