by Dave Workman | Mar 3, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Discipleship
At the start of a new year, rather than thinking about resolutions and future thinking, I prefer to first mentally review the past year: What flourished, what struggled, what brought personal joy, and what were some soul challenges? For me, that makes...
by Travis Stephens | Feb 24, 2022 | Church Health, Small Church / Rural Church
The friendships within your church are incredibly important. They in large part keep people connected to the church. The better connected people are, the more often they show up, the more likely they serve, the more likely they give, and the more likely they’ll invite...
by Ron Edmondson | Jan 31, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Do you know the number one change needed for an effective church revitalization? It’s not programs, systems or structure. Everyone always things about those first. Those are easy to change. Okay, well, maybe not easy. Try changing the library into a welcome area or...
by Ron Edmondson | Jan 13, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
A young pastor was battling the leadership of the church to make changes. He felt part of his call to the church was to make changes, but every change he suggested the leadership of the church resisted. All his efforts to help the church grow again were met with...
by Dave Workman | Jan 6, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Many years ago a fellow pastor introduced me to a graphic that was helpful for a wider view of the Church. He had adapted a construct from the late author Phyliss Tickle that described the landscape of modern Christianity and the Church (capital C) in quadrants....
