Turning Hope into Belief
The mind is a funny thing; If the mind believes something to be true, the more likely it is that something will happen. Let me illustrate I play golf. And there are times I know I can make every putt I’m about to take. And I do. Then there are days I know I couldn’t […]
A Prayer for Sanity
My denomination, The United Methodist Church, has just initiated a program called “Praying Our Way Forward.” This is a denomination wide program that begins with Phase One, which is encouraging all the Bishops to agree to spend 15 minutes a day between now and mid-November. So far 84 Bishops are signed up. Now calling for […]
Prayvangelism
I spent the last week at a mainline’s church planter and church transformation training event. I wish I could say I was surprised at how great the training was. I wish. But the fact is, the training was long on the right theology and light on practicalities like the importance of evangelism in starting and […]
Prayer Room
From our forums Our church will have a 24’x12’ room with the door along the 12’ wall that we want to designate as a prayer space/sacred space. I really don’t want to stuff it with pews. Anyone have any links to pictures of well designed prayer space. Three prayer groups of 5-9 people will share it weekly, I […]
Does Prayer Make a Difference?
An original Post from one of our online forums We’ve been dealing with the issue of prayer the last couple of months in our Lead Team meetings. While prayer is a part of everything we do (more prayer at worship than announcements), one of my leaders in particular is really wrestling with the issue of […]
What’s the Point?
What’s the Point? By Bill Tenny-Brittian We were asked recently to revisit some of the basics of what it takes to grow/transform a church. Recently I attended a church that has plateaued in its average worship attendance (AWA) at about 400. Although there were a number of improvements they could make so their worship service […]