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Category Archives: Church growth
Church – structured and spontaneous
The Church is an organism, not just an organization. This truth cautions against overly structuring the life of a body of believers. As an organism, the spiritual life or life generated by the Holy Spirit should lead to spontaneous ministries … Continue reading
Church: belonging and removal
Is it possible to be so casual about what it means to belong to a Church that belonging loses its effectiveness and removal becomes irrelevant? Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, elders in the Church, Leadership, Local Church, Qualifications for leadership, Wisdom
Tagged church leadership, Church Membership, I Corinthians 5
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You don’t come to the garden alone
Is there something misleading about the old hymn, “I Come to the Garden alone”? Continue reading
Rise to the challenge!
What an opportunity this is for the church! This is not a time for the church to get stuck in battles of the past or to trivialize over things that are not of primary importance. It’s a call for the church to be truthful rather than trendy; to be faithful rather than fashionable. We must not play church. We must be the Church! Continue reading
7 resources for spiritual maturity
Spiritual growth requires looking ahead and looking back. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Character, Christian life, Church growth, Counseling, Following Christ, Gospel-centered, Grace, Holy Spirit, Hope?, Image of God, Judgment seat of Christ, Mission statement, New Christian, New Creation, Parenting, Pastors, Personal devotions, Purity, Quiet Time, Salvation, Sanctification, Scripture, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Trials, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged how to grow as a christian, Maturity, Resources for spiritual growth, spiritual growth
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13 red flags identifying antagonists
The 13 red flags provide training material for equipping Church leaders and members in discerning the presence of antagonistic people. Continue reading
Posted in Antagonists, attitudes of unity, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Community, Conflict, Confrontation, covenant of membership, elders in the Church, Local Church, Unity, Wisdom
Tagged dealing with trouble makers in the church, divisive people, Unity in the Church
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A painful and humbling truth
A painful and humbling truth we must hear… Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, Church growth, Church Leadership, Evangelicals, Evangelism, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Salvation, Seeker Services, Seeking God, Wisdom, Witness, Younger Evangelicals
Tagged Gospel, Gospel outreach, Market-Driven Churches, people don't want God, Seeker services, Truth from God
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Overcome division with core values
Two areas of difference among believers that significantly disrupt unity are differences in giftedness and areas of service and differences of opinion on debatable matters. Continue reading
5 warnings about leadership
Carefully consider 5 possible causes behind misdirected leadership. Continue reading
Why I love the Church
Authentic love for God compels us to commit to a particular local church, not just out of faithfulness to tradition, but in devotion to our Lord who promised, “I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
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Posted in Church, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Local Church
Tagged Church Membership, How important is the Church?, Local Church, Pastors, Why I love the Church
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