Water Jar Behind: Community Reach Ahead
…All this is covered in the book Springs of Living Water, Christ-centered Church Renewal.[1] Reaching out has an impact on everyone. Reaching out invites spiritual growth and finding a new…
Sermon-Based Small Groups
…That is because the starting point is the text, not the sermon. * People want variety, isn’t this too restrictive? While variety is attractive, the spiritual growth benefits outweigh the…
Breaking Through to a New Sense of Mission
…share faith (going), mature faith (growing) and celebrate faith (getting together). Even now we are wrestling with our leadership needs and structure as we experience growth in our church, through…
Clergy, Co-Leaders
…get them through Boot Camp this spring of summer. We think this is all pretty exciting stuff, especially for a seminary to be involved. I’m not saying that our growth…
Controllers and Systems
…controllers with truth and unwillingness to play their silly games. 3) Closeness reduces emotional space, and emotional space is essential to personal growth. A church that touts how close everyone…
Pastoring in the Church Today: We Need More Church Leaders!
…another way of saying leading the church where it doesn’t necessarily want to go. Why? Because growth, both spiritual and numerical, is uncomfortable. And yet, isn’t that the core of…