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...
MISSIONARY IDENTITY The reality is, Christians are interlopers. We are strangers and foreigners. As Christians, I believe we should always be more driven by our missionary identity than we are by our national identity, our political identity, our environmental...
In recent years, there has been a growing trend of people becoming disenchanted with traditional church structures. These individuals, known as the “dechurched,” have either left the church entirely or reduced their attendance. As church leaders,...
Recently, someone asked me to boil down the concept of multiplication as far as I possibly can. So here goes. Looking at many of the churches that are multiplying, I’ve noticed there are five things that I see in every one of these churches, and oddly enough, they...
There are many exciting things pastors experience in their work. Pastors get to see the best and worst of life, but in this post I’ll point out some of the more positive. Obviously, seeing someone become a follower of Christ or baptism of a believer has to rank as a...