The king of numbered lists, Thom Rainer produces six distinctives of churches that experience resuscitation. I like them because these are distinctives that any healthy church must have, and if any church neglects or forsakes them they would run into decline. Rainer writes: Is church resuscitation common? No. Is church resuscitation possible? Yes. In God’s …
David Murray read a book called Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters by Lisa Bodell. It’s a business book, but churches, along with any group find that the longer we go on the more complex we can get. The challenge is to keep trying to simplify everything. Murray’s …
These seven points from Thom Rainer about why churches can be too busy are worth considering (or reconsidering) as one year is about to lead into another. Many church leaders fail to ask the “why” questions when starting a new ministry. Why are we starting this ministry? Why should we continue it long-term? Why are …
On the St. Helen’s Preaching Matters video blog William Taylor outlines an overview of the Gospels that looks for the author’s intent to train in discipleship and evangelism in ways that should shape our corporate and individual lives as Christians. They are about what is to be believed and how we are to respond.
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