The Early Church Practice of Small Groups

...75 percent. • Knowing your cell multiplication date. Cell leaders who set specific multiplication dates for giving birth consistently multiply their groups more often than date-less leaders. • Training. Cell...

Frustrations of a Church Consultant

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. Over the past several weeks I’ve been hither and yon across the country training church leaders in evangelism and church transformation. One would think...

Public Prayer: A Brief How-To Guide

...and less is more. Tweet This Public prayer doesn’t have to be a terrifying exercise. A little training can go a long way… plus there are some personal practices that...

Too Busy to Grow Your Church

I just returned from a training event for a church that’s dwindled down to less than fifty in worship and has less than a dozen committed leaders. They were pretty...

Dinosaurs to Rabbits: Chapter 02 Introduction

...Given Away Formal Seminary Training Local Church Training Buildings Anywhere Expensive Inexpensive Come Go Church Kingdom Curriculum/Programs Relationships Hire from Without Call from Within Personal Piety World Revolution Consumers Servants...

Seminary and Ordination are Keeping U.S. Christianity from Thriving

...required to attend seminary. Some went, but the majority didn’t … that is until the 1960s when seminary training became a requirement. We’ve been in decline ever since. Of course...

Cyber Security for the Church?!

...Think Safety and Security The people within your organization play a significant role in keeping it secure. It’s important to provide employees and volunteers with cybersecurity training when they start...

Top Five Blog Posts of 2014

2014 was a banner year for The Effective Church Group at 21st Century Strategies. We provided church leader training resources to over 44,000 church leaders this year, including: Access to...

Follow-Up: Part Three

...observations. Churches that find themselves in this kind of dither would generally benefit from either an on site consultation or a one day training event. It’s really very difficult to...