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February 8, 2018 4 Comments

Over the years I've seen pastors make the same mistakes over and over. Every time I see these mistakes I can almost bet their church is declining. So I thought I would share

September 24, 2007 0 Comments

One of the key issues facing most children’s ministry today is the environment in which the teaching takes place.  Most dying churches have what I call “stale environments.” Kids are expected to enter

August 20, 2007 0 Comments

One of the main reasons many effective churches stop growing is they so thoroughly take their new converts out of their social environments that over two or three years they lose all contacts

June 25, 2007 0 Comments

When I work in a church with a large staff invariably two of three of the staff have all of the volunteers they need while the rest of the staff complain that no

January 17, 2007 0 Comments

By: Jeff Patton As you begin to think about 2007, here are a few pointers, what I would call Basic Strategies for Successful Ministry or, in other words, “do the basics well”. 10) Make