With Easter coming soon there are some unique opportunities that you and your church can do to serve your community while promoting your Easter services.
Invite your congregation to put on community wide yard sale to benefit a local charity or cause. Offer a tax receipt to any donors and even offer to pick […]
Every church thinks they are the friendliest church in town.
If your church is like the one I last pastored, it still uses a “Welcome” time in the service.” In this part of the service the expectation is that the people stand and greet those around them. This usually involves people tossing a quick […]
Ray is twenty-seven years old and works in IT at the local university. He’s been married for three years and he and Jessica just had a baby girl a couple of months ago. Life is pretty good for Ray and Jessica. They own their home – well, the bank owns it, but they bought […]
By Bill Tenny-Brittian
Of all the spiritual disciplines, undoubtedly the most underused and is fasting. I’ll be honest, fasting isn’t one of my “favorite” spiritual disciplines. On the other hand, it has been one of the most powerful spiritual habits I’ve picked up over the years.
There are a couple of traditional reasons for fasting. Initially, […]
This morning, I had the opportunity to reach out to a colleague who was struggling to grow his church. He was averaging about twenty-five, but on Easter there were over 100 who showed up. Since then, though, his congregation has been mostly unwilling to step up to do the work of transformation. He was […]
Ron Johnson is the Senior Pastor of One Church*, a multi-site congregation in Orlando, Florida. For several years he has been planting one church a year, but he recently felt the call to step it up. As a result, he is embarking on an aggressive mission to plant one hundred churches over the next ten […]
Jesus said to go make disciples. It’s the main thing for Jesus. Is it themain thing for you and your church?
There are so many people who are not connected to Jesus and hischurch in our country at this time. People are needlessly flounderingwithout the peace, joy, and love which can only be realized throughfaith […]
The Church: Mainline, 107 in average worship attendanceThe Location: Northeast USThe Pastor: First call, seminary trainedThe Resources: Consultation completed, coach engagedThe Presenting Issue: Lack of growth, few visitors, lots of busyness with little returnThe Real Issue: The pastor’s commitment to balance
You can lead a horse to water. Sometimes, as coaches and consultants, we just […]
Power of Metaphor
Convergence 2004: Global Positioning for the Soul
By: Spencer Burke
This article is a continuation from last week’s column.
In the book I also rely heavily on metaphor. My co-author, Colleen Pepper, and I illustrate the shifts happening in the church by suggesting new metaphors. This too, challenges the tell-assertive person’s way of knowing.
One of […]
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