Why Spiritual Curiosity Isn’t Filling Church Pews
…build a disciple-making church. If you want your church on a growth track, you need more than prayer and good intentions. You need strategic action. Define your audience, pick an…
Evangelism Isn’t Marketing: Be a True Witness
…Evangelism isn’t marketing. So What: Real evangelism means sharing your faith authentically, not just inviting people to church. Without honest witnessing, your ministry will stagnate while conversion growth remains a…
Six signs of a Spiritually Dead Church
…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 of their doing—it…
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….