I guess after a couple of decades as a church professional it shouldn’t bother me, but it does. It’s become one of my personal pet peeves and it always blows me away how my colleagues manage to let their language betray them.
Church isn’t a building.
Church isn’t a meeting.
Church isn’t a decision-making body.
Church isn’t a […]
Congregations have four levels of maturity – okay, good, quality, and excellence. As the church grows in numbers, it must also grow in its maturity. People expect more the larger a church becomes, and it takes more maturity to disciple people as the church grows. So here is how it works. Rate where your […]
I don’t know what the deal is, but over the past couple of weeks we’ve been inundated with requests from current pastors who have become interested in becoming church consultants. I’ve responded personally, but I think there’s enough interest that I wanted to set the record straight about what it takes to be a […]
The following are my thoughts on a small section of Chuck Smith’s book, The End of The World….As We Know It (Waterbrook Press, 2001). I wholeheartedly recommend this book.
Modernity had a way of seeing everything alike, even the way people came to faith. As a result, much of established Christianity made an attempt to […]
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There are two primary mistakes church leaders make that keep their church’s DNA* from being embedded/replicated in their congregation. Both are deadly, in terms of mission focus, alignment, and excitement, and both are equal in their devastating affects.
*(DNA = Mission, Values, Vision, Strategy, Beliefs, and Behaviors)
The first mistake can be summed up in two […]
The following is an excerpt from our workbook Disciple Making Leaders. To purchase the entire workbook go to http://easumbandy.com/store/shop/EBA_store.html?state=search&cartid=3b5d034dc125c75ace188e2e8df7dc0d
I. The Steps in making disciples or mobilizing a congregation. This is the primary measure of how much value a paid staff person adds to the mission of the church.
A.     Identify those who appear ready for discipleship.
1. One […]
Recently, on Bloomberg TV, The Titans featured Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg. Bloomberg said something that all churches should ponder for a week. He said, “Technology will advance more in the next couple of years than it has since the discovery of the light bulb.”  Now give that some thought. What does it mean to […]
There is so much misunderstanding about small groups. Some think they are the way to grow the church – but usually they aren’t. Instead they help retain and grow people. Some think they are basically bible studies – but they aren’t.
So what are the three things that make small groups effective today?
They are […]
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