It’s always bothered me to spend months busting my backside to get an effective ministry launched in September/October only to have it roll to a virtual stop by mid-June. Sure, there are lots of excuses for the “summer slump,” but it turns out that most of these slumps happen because churches don’t just get […]
Some years ago, after reading David Murrow’s book, “Why Men Hate Going to Church”, I realized that most people assume that men are just less religious than women, but this is untrue. Other religions have little trouble attracting males and Jesus was a magnet to men. But today, few men are living for Christ, […]
I have said many times that our world is in between rules. What used to be normative is now passé. What used to work now seldom does. Leaders who lead like they did ten years ago are finding their efforts to be ineffective. The old equations for ministry simply do not work anymore.
However, a […]
The last twenty years our culture (US) has been moving from what I call a National Park world to a world that can only be described as a Jungle.
Consider The following comparisons:
National Park
• Are neatly laid out
• Predictable and slow to change
• Warn you about dangers animals
• Provide adequate shelter
• National parks change very […]
What caused you to write The Irresistible Church? What was the need?
People in America have been polled as being spiritual but not religious. This tells me that they are interested in God but not necessarily the church. The church was always designed to be the resplendence of God, a preview of heaven. However, the church is […]
I’m at the World Convention of the Christian Churches and attended the Bader Lecture. This year, Ashley and Anji Barker of Urban Neighbors of Hope. Ashley and John Hayes wrote the book Submerge several years back, based on the commitment they have made to urban ministry. The main difference between their ministry and other […]
By Bill Easum copyright 2007
If you’re a pastor of a church under 500 in worship, this is a must read article for you.
Pastors and lay people in small churches are always asking me what they can do to grow their church. From their questions it’s clear most are looking for some magical formula or […]
One of the best things about getting older is the lessons learned along the way. Let me share the biggest lesson I learned. It’s so simple but it’s what makes life exciting and productive. Here it is: “The more you risk, the greater the possible return.”
I’m convinced that the main reason so many churches are […]
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This is one of the most complete tools a church leader can use to see where the church has been the past ten years, see where the church is this year, and […]
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