Is your church infested by zombies? In a post on the IXMarks blog Bobby Jamieson notes the problems that arise when small groups take on a life of their own. How could ‘taking on a life of their own’ be problematic? Well, if the group members are more invested in the small group than in …
Gus Holla was the Director of one of Mount Gambier’s Funeral Homes. He died of a heart attack earlier this week while on holidays, aged just 60. Gus’ vocation brought him into a working relationship with the pastors of this town. His love for Jesus, personal warmth and heart to encourage people brought him into …
Thom Rainer provides twelve characteristics found in healthy growing churches. (Part 1, Part 2) This is the sort of community we’re seeking to cultivate at mgpc. Lists such as this point to our trajectory. We haven’t arrived, and our attainments in some areas lag behind others, but they’re the direction we know we should be …
I’ve observed that when picking songs for church services around Christmas time new material needs to be incorporated sparingly because what people (regular and infrequent attenders alike) really want to sing are all the traditional songs. They’ll belt out the old stuff but stand there in polite bemusement during the new stuff. Mark Sumpter wishes …
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