I heard it again today. "Youth are the future of the church." Whenever I hear that I realize the person saying that means that if we don't win the youth over to the
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I heard it again today. "Youth are the future of the church." Whenever I hear that I realize the person saying that means that if we don't win the youth over to the
On top of being a transformational church consultant and involved in spiritual leadership development and training, I also wear a hat called the New Church Department Chair. In that role, I lead a
I had a conversation recently with a small group of mainline pastors and the conversation naturally turned to church transformation and church growth. When I asked how they measured whether their churches were
It's a rainy and stormy Saturday morning here in Columbia, Missouri. It's Hurricane Ike weekend, so I have nothing to complain about. I'm relatively cool (though humidity sux), I have power, and my
This post started off as a response to a comment left by Frank in the Churches That Don't Want To Grow post. He attends a fifty year old church in a fifty year
Okay, over the years I've visited a LOT of churches. Lots of them. And I can't help it, but when I visit, my consultant hat is always part of my couture. Normally this