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- 1. 7 Sentences You Never Expected to Hear in Churches in 2020
- I can only imagine how we would have responded in 2019 if someone had told us we needed to be prepared not to gather for in-person worship services for several months in 2020. Indeed, if we had been given ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 2. 5 Reasons Churches Have an Incredible Window of Opportunity
- As congregations return methodically to in-person services, something else will be taking place. It will be obvious to some churches; it will be more subtle to others. Simply stated, churches will have ...
- Created on 24 June 2020
- 3. 11 Weak Reasons to Leave a Church
- I know there are legitimate reasons for leaving a church (for example, the message is unbiblical, you've moved to another city, and so on), but too many people leave a church for the wrong reasons. Realizing ...
- Created on 26 November 2019
- 4. How Your Church Can Better Reach Your Local Community
- Perhaps the most common question I get in church revitalization goes something like this inquiry: "What do I do to get people in the community to come to our church when our members don't live in or near ...
- Created on 13 August 2019
- 5. 7 Warnings if Your Church Has Memorials
- A few years ago, I wrote a book about churches that have died, Autopsy of a Deceased Church. The methodology was simple but revealing. I interviewed several church members representing several different ...
- Created on 22 March 2019
- 6. Why America's Churches Are at a Dangerous Tipping Point
- "Tipping Point (noun): the critical point in a situation, process or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place." If current trajectories continue, American churches ...
- Created on 04 December 2018
- 7. Have You Made Any of These 7 Cringe-Worthy Statements to Your Pastor?
- I love the fact that the community of this blog is growing with pastors, church staff and laity. The latter category, laity or church members, has been very receptive to many of my posts and suggestions. ...
- Created on 14 November 2018
- 8. One Way You Can Help if Your Pastor Struggles With Depression
- The suicide death of a young pastor is being felt throughout the world. Andrew Stoecklein, lead pastor of Inland Hills Church in California, left behind his wife, Kayla, and three young sons. I am the ...
- Created on 06 September 2018
- 9. Is the Digital Church Really the Church?
- Some call it the digital church. Others call it the internet church. In either case, it refers to people joining worship services, and even groups, virtually or digitally. They are not physically present. ...
- Created on 17 January 2018
- 10. 10 Unfair Expectations People Place on Pastors' Wives
- In many churches, the pastor's wife carries heavy burdens. Sometimes, they are impossible expectations. To be fair, this post could refer to any church staff person, male or female, so it could be called ...
- Created on 05 September 2017
- 11. 5 Attitudes Senior Church Members Need to Avoid
- I received my first AARP material in the mail six years ago. I turned 61 years old two days ago. One of my sons says I am fossilized. I am a senior adult. Have I noticed any differences in my life at this ...
- Created on 20 July 2016
