Ray Ortlund passes on an observation about three stages in a local church’s growth and decline. It’s vital to humbly self-examine because what can be observed as strength can be the rigidity that is precursor to decline. Movement A healthy church is born as a burst of positive gospel energy. It’s a Pentecost-like explosion of …
Trevin Wax writes about the deadly temptation of desiring a church where everyone is happy with things exactly as they are. …we are right to pursue unity and peace in the church. But we are wrong to assume that the absence of conflict or complaint indicates that things are going in the right direction. The …
As a local church leadership in a country town we’re exploring again how we express the need to support the growth of healthy churches in other places. I believe doing so is an integral marker of a healthy church. From Thabiti Anyabwile. Every Neighborhood, Every Neighbor I believe it’s important that every local church, in …
John Wilson, current moderator-general of the Presbyterian Church of Australia remembers the time forty years ago when the Presbyterian Church of Australia continued after the departure of those who formed the Uniting Church. It was a season in which the desire to continue had to be matched by a vision of what was worth the …
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