Mez McConnell writes frankly about a Christian culture that won’t invest in reaching hard places, but encourages people and churches to spend money based on sentiment or experience for little real return. From his post. Let’s not think too deeply about the fact that the Western evangelical money machine basically runs the most sophisticated and …
Like the author of this article I’ve been conscious now of about thirty years or so of strategies that will grow churches. Some have come and gone and returned again in different guises. The majority seem to be expressions of the particular individuals who originated them and aren’t sustainable as systems. This is a helpful …
Gary Millar reflects that in contemporary culture, making the idea that a local church is ‘just like you’ as central to its efforts to reach out into the community is no longer effective. His conclusion: Ultimately, the gospel itself is the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) of Christianity. God in Christ has made it possible through …
Nick Kennicott considers the delicate pastoral situation of Christians who move from one church to another because of unhappiness with their last church. Faithful local churches want to grow through the redemption of sinners. Through evangelistic efforts and the consistent administration of the ordinary means of grace, there should be a healthy expectation that there …
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