There seems to be a movement underfoot to discourage people from wishing one another a Merry Christmas. “We don’t want to offend anyone, so let’s water it down and just say ‘Happy Holidays’.” Hmmmmm. Something’s wrong with this picture.
To wish someone a Merry Christmas is the same as proclaiming the “good news of great […]
Bring good news of great Joy to new people…then bring them back!
With Christmas Eve fast approaching, it’s not too late to prepare for what historically is the service with the highest number of visitors all year. Many of these folks who attend will have limited or no church experience. Indeed, the “Nones” (people with […]
Congratulations!
Hopefully Christmas Eve was the largest attended service you had in 2023.
If you had a larger than normal crowd on Christmas Eve, praise God, that’s wonderful. Many got to hear the good news of great joy for all people, but that’s not the end of the story. It’s just the beginning. How we follow […]
Recently, someone asked me to boil down the concept of multiplication as far as I possibility can. So here goes.
Looking at many of the churches that are multiplying I’ve noticed there are five things that I see in every one of these churches and oddly enough they coincide with our book Dinosaurs to Rabbits: […]
“We’ve got lots of opportunities. What we don’t have are the members to take advantage of any of them. Everyone is exhausted.”
ExhaustedTiredDepletedWiped Out
Let’s be honest, the pandemic and the post-pandemic migration has been rough on all of us.
Sign Up for the Free Pastor’s Congregation Resurrection Facebook Live Training Here. (Tuesday, August 23, 1 […]
By:Â Jeff Patton
If you are going to plant a church, here is my sense of it in 2007.
1. Find your heart burst, what you just can’t live without doing—life is too short to live boring lives…
2. Get a job. A job that will support you and you will need to work at least 30 hours […]
That’s right, you read it correctly – Christ-centered pastors don’t make disciples, nor do they take care of people.  Instead, they do what Jesus did: they equip others to make disciples and to care for people. These pastors would rather equip ten people to make disciples than to make disciples themselves. Disciple-making and caring for […]
We are seeking a Pastor who is an inspiring pastor, preacher and teacher, a good counselor who is honest and trustworthy, thoughtful and pastoral, passionate about reaching young people and families, gregarious and people-oriented. We desire a pastor who is committed to attracting new members and retaining current members and whose sermons are spiritually […]
For the week of February 14, 2005
The Four Key Spaces
By: Tom Bandy
Many church leaders feel the need to evaluate their facilities, but don’t know where to start. Here is where you start. Understand effective church facilities should fit the core process of the church.
Traditional established churches rely on a core process of membership assimilation […]
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