All of us know that 80% of the churches in the U.S. are either in decline or on a plateau, with the congregation getting older each year. This trend has been going on since the mid 1960’s in every denomination with nothing in site to suggest it will change. At this pace traditional Christianity […]
Two of the most important texts for our time are Matt. 9:36-38 and John 20:21. In this post we will examine why.
I began sharing the faith in the late 1950s. Back then I could share the four spiritual laws and in forty-five minutes lead someone to Christ. It was also the custom that most […]
You’ve got the vision. You’ve got the mission-critical goals. Now, what you need is the time management strategy to make it all happen. In a world where pastors are expected to be spiritual leaders, counselors, and administrators, time is your most valuable asset. Let’s talk about how to prioritize it effectively.
The ABCDE of Time […]
Where does innovation most often occur? Innovation most often happens on the edges and because of that we need to stay close to those on the cutting edge.
Our NewThing Networks has gone from one network to three networks and doubled the number of churches in the last year. And because of our investment in resources and […]
As a result of my time at the think tank in Atlanta, I spent some time listening to the message of several pastors who are leading either reproducing or multiplying churches, and I confirmed a suspicion I’ve had for some time.
The success of a church is not determined by how well the pastor teaches or […]
Every Sunday, thousands of church leaders stand up on their church’s platform and begin to speak. Like Jesus who took the scroll of Isaiah, read a passage, and then offered words of explanation, these leaders start with the scriptures and offer their (hopefully) God-given insights in the hopes of sharing something that will actually […]
12 Tips for making this Christmas Eve your biggest attendance day of 2023.
Remember the words of the angel announcing the very first Christmas, “I bring you good news of great joy for all the people.”
1. Give people tools to invite their friends and neighbors.
A lot of the guests at Christmas services will be there […]
My first church out of seminary had a cute little building on what the B-52s called The Atlanta Highway, better known by the locals as Highway 78. That highway ran between Athens and Atlanta and through both Between (yes, a real town) and Loganville. Ron Levin was pastor of the Between Methodist Church and […]
“Oh, that God the gift would give us
to see ourselves as others see us”
Robert Burnes
The Declining Church
Tom Bandy observed, during his recent visit to Australia, that the decline of mainstream institutional Christianity was about ten years more advanced than in the USA and that some of the Australian responses to the “crisis” might be […]
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