Over the next few days, I will be blogging on the essentials to breaking the following worship barriers – 200, 500, 1000, and 1500 people in worship. Today I will begin by listing the essentials for breaking 200.
Breaking the 200 in Worship Barrier.
A full-time worship leader who functions also as a pastor to those […]
I will be at Exponential 2011 this year on all three days for four workshops. If you plan on being there, it would be great to connect. Just email me and let me know.
Exponential is one of the largest gatherings of church planters on the planet. It delivers quite a punch over three days. If […]
Coming up in September we will celebrate (if that is the proper word for it) the 10th anniversary of the fateful day of 9/11. If there was any doubt that the world has fundamentally changed, 9/11 should settle that.
Now the real question is, what are you planning in the way of a celebration that […]
It’s hard to believe how stupid and un-Christian so-called Christians can be. The pastor, Terry Jones, who burned the Koran today, ought to be kicked out of the church. No mercy for an idiot of his kind who presumes to be called by God. Shades of the Crusades. This man needs to be defrocked. […]
The most important thing to do … and you can do this in conversation with your various teams at church … is to decide what the missional goal of the sabbatical is. Frequently I find clergy unclear about this, and later they or the church discover the sabbatical was really just a healing or […]
We’re constantly looking for ways to increase the number of first-timers coming to church and to encourage the congregation to invite their friends. Here are four goodies.
At the end of worship, take a moment to say, “Let’s take a moment to center our thoughts on who we can invite to church next Sunday.”
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How do you structure a church so it just keeps on growing and doesn’t plateau? I believe there are ten essentials you must focus on as you structure your church.
1. You must develop an unshakable conviction about growth.
First and foremost, you need to settle on the idea that God wants his church to grow. […]
By: Jeff Patton
A friend asked if I could help plan a mid-career sabbatical. My friend wanted to know the best way to use these months away from a long pastorate (15 years). After writing these questions down, I thought, “these are critical questions, pretty much on a daily basis.” So I share them with you.
Please […]
Over the past couple of decades a major shift has taken place that has gone unnoticed by many established congregations. I’ve never had a good word for this shift until today when I read Servolution by Dino Rizzo, pastor of The Healing Place. Servolution is a movement underfoot today. More and more church leaders […]
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