What Are the (new) Signs of a Healthy Church?
No one sets out to have or lead an unhealthy church or ministry. But we often find ourselves stuck in a loop of numbers and metrics we’ve inherited, or were imposed on us by the “higher-ups”. It would be great to have new signs of a healthy church.
The 3 Bs
For a long time now, churches have often or only measured three things I call the “3Bs”: Butts (attendance on Sunday); Building size; and Budgets. Are these the signs of a healthy church? Hmmm… I wonder how Jesus’ ministry career would measure up to these three benchmarks?
Who Are Your Next Leaders?
Wherever I go it seems that leaders are consistently complaining that they don’t have enough quality people around them to develop into their future leaders.
They’re wondering who should they trust and how can they find more prospects. So, who are your next leaders?
Whether it’s in your corporation, non-profit or ministry team, when you are looking for leaders to whom to give more of your time and focus, ask yourselves these questions:
Transform Your Small Group to Live as Good News
It’s happening. Churches are starting to shift their small groups to more mission-focused, incarnational communities. And many people I know are forming new “missional communities” among their family and friends. That is super encouraging!
But… Here’s the Problem:
Christians have spent years listening to sermons, studying theology and doing Bible studies, yet still feel intimidated or unable to naturally express the good news of the Gospel into normal life, conversations, and circumstances. We will never experience gospel-transformation and missional movement in our families and neighborhoods unless this changes. (more…)
7 Reasons Why Gossip Is Poison
Gossip is poison! And I’ve noticed gossip is one of those things these days that is so common in relationships, in our conversations and in our cultural experience, that we hardly even notice it anymore. Let me show you how to stop gossip.
Let me start off by saying that I have gossiped…
Be The Church
If you’re a Christian who has grown up “going to church” most Sundays, do you find yourself asking, “Is this all there is?” Maybe instead of just going to church it’s time to BE the Church!
Please read on.
I spent my first few years as a pastor at a really large church near Chicago. I will be forever grateful to the staff I worked with during those years.
My life, character, and theology were shaped in profound ways during that time, and yet I still wondered, was this all there was? Is this what Jesus meant by his Kingdom had now come onto this earth?
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