Here are 12 Things Your Church Needs to Know…By The Time It’s 12 Months Old. These 12 things will help your church be healthy, balanced, and focused. 1. Don’t take yourselves too seriously You are important to God. Isn’t it enough to know that without the need...
Church Health, Outreach and Evangelism
What’s Your Strategy?
Feb 28, 2024
We—the followers of Jesus—live in an interesting neighborhood: The World. My friend Tom Thatcher (co-founder of The...
Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
Serving Projects That Reflect The Personality Of Your Group
Feb 14, 2024
“We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works” Eph. 2:10, NKJV. We all have distinct personalities....
Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism, Small Church / Rural Church
Our Call: Missionaries in a Secular Land
Jan 10, 2024
MISSIONARY IDENTITY The reality is, Christians are interlopers. We are strangers and foreigners. As Christians,...
Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
Tattoos, Jesus, and Doughnuts
Jan 8, 2024
After stepping down from leading the church I was a part of for thirty years, finding a new “church home” was a...
Discipleship, Outreach and Evangelism
Experiencing God for… Skeptics?
Dec 8, 2023
Is there room for skeptics in your congregation? Thomas (the disciple) gets a bad rap to this day and to be called a...
Church Growth, Church Health, Outreach and Evangelism
Understanding Outreach Versus In-Reach
Nov 27, 2023
The Essence of Outreach: Letting the Church Go Out When we talk about "outreach," we are referring to a dynamic,...
Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism, Small Church / Rural Church
Halloween Outreaches Galore!
Sep 18, 2023
Some church people think of Halloween as a dark time on the calendar – a time when godly people should go the other...
Discipleship, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
Let The Adventure Begin
Sep 8, 2023
Life in the Kingdom is really about learning to live life, continually aware of God’s presence. Every believer should...
Church Health, Church Leadership, Servant Evangelism
Church Planting… or Church Connoisseur-ism
Aug 28, 2023
I made a decision a long time ago that I never want to be thought of as a negative person, but some things are too...
Church Leadership, Outreach and Evangelism, Servant Evangelism
7.5 Lessons I Learned About Outreach at Burning Man
Jul 10, 2023
The famous Burning Man Festival is happening right now in the desert north of Reno right now. About 50,000 people from...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching, Outreach and Evangelism
Clarity on The Greatest Form of Evangelism?
Jun 19, 2023
Years ago, studies circulated that showed that new churches tended to be more evangelistic than older, more...
Church Growth, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism
What Churches Will Survive?
Jun 5, 2023
Let me lay my cards on the table by stating a central belief I have about the local church: it must be outward-focused...
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