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February 8, 2014 3 Comments

Recently, on Bloomberg TV, The Titans featured Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg. Bloomberg said something that all churches should ponder for a week. He said, "Technology will advance more in the next couple of

January 11, 2014 4 Comments

Let's be honest. Most of us pastor-types were taught to preach primarily to a modern, well-churched or church-experienced audience. The target of our preaching was essentially "one of us." I hear some of

June 11, 2013 2 Comments

In my book Dancing with Dinosaurs (1993) I predicted the end of adult Sunday school.  Now we are seeing many new Southern Baptist Churches starting with no adult Sunday school and instead small groups

April 30, 2013 1 Comment

According to the American Religious Identification Survey (from Trinity College, Hartford, CT) the fastest growing religious affiliation growing in North America is the unaffiliated. Called "the church of the nones" by scholars, these

November 8, 2012 0 Comments

Planning on reaching the younger generation with today's common worship tools? In the words of Seth Meyers, really? Beginning in 1950, each new generation has been raised within a learning paradigm that is

October 15, 2012 1 Comment

After receiving one of my church audit reports the pastor called and asked why I said they shouldn't begin with announcements. I said to him, "Do you watch TV?" He replied, "Sure." I