As you grow from a small church to a big church, it is important that your church moves from an auditory culture to a written culture. I suggest putting together...Read More
For years, the local church has focused on developing a way to assimilate people who begin attending their church into participants in their church. Depending on how a church is...Read More
One of the questions I get from Pastors is how they can move to pendulum to be more focused on discipleship in their church. I’d like to give you a...Read More
Whether you go to church or not we all want one thing. A tribe to belong to. A group to call your own. People who are more than just acquaintances,...Read More
If you track the way church has operated for hundreds of years, you will see striking similarities. Structure In structure there is always a leader or group of leaders...Read More
I have learned over the years that there are two sides to the local church: the organization and the organism. Sometimes they compete for attention and fight for ultimate priority....Read More
There are various aspects that a church leadership team should consider in order to implement a culture of disciple-making in the local church. Here are a few of them. Clear...Read More
The term “discipleship path” means different things to different people. For some, it means getting a person connected, involved, contributing, and leading in a church. For others, it means...Read More
To lead a church in the western world can be a daunting task. We face enormous pressure as we head into this new decade. In this article, I’d like to...Read More
When the message of Jesus began to spread across the roman empire and new communities of disciples were birthed – these communities were very small. In most cases, the early...Read More
Ephesians 4:11-12, NLT “Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s...Read More
Just as the human body is made up of 11 major systems that work in harmony (Circulatory, Digestive, Respiratory, Reproductive, Immune, Muscular, Skeletal, Nervous, etc.) the church is made up...Read More
There are several different ways to plan your sermons for Sunday mornings. We all lean towards a particular method depending on our predominant lean as a leader, our theological position, and...Read More
Years ago I was asked a simple question, “Can the church run as a business?” Perhaps the question is “should it?” or “can it and successfully maintain its God given purpose?”...Read More
