Three Essential Conversations That Separate Growing Churches from Declining Ones
…run every program under the sun, but at the end of the day, spiritual growth is an inside job. Everyone is responsible for their own transformation. Your role is to…
Setting Priorities: Your Values Drive Behaviors
…with some of the members. On the other hand, I invested that time in building networks within the community, and from there, we experienced significant and ongoing growth. Decisions like…
Six signs of a Spiritually Dead Church
…away to some distant mission field, but they’re all thumbs when it comes to sharing the good news with their neighbor or community. What growth they might experience is not…
Reproductive Movements
…that is planting less than 1% new churches annually is declining. A net gain of 3200+ churches annually is needed to keep up with population growth. The best way to…
People Are Being Programmed To Death
…relationships not programs. Activity and involvement in programs have little to do with the growth or health of a church. Keeping people busy doing things doesn’t equate to fulfilled people….
Equations for the Emerging World
…committee of seven people. As a result, we not only went through the year with a surplus and tremendous growth, we also decided not to return to the committee structure….