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Category Archives: Market-Driven Churches
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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Two dimensions of Church
It is misguided to think that the full intention of common life in Christian community can be accomplished in formal gatherings of a local Church. Mutual caring and accountability must reach well beyond gatherings in a Church building. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church and State, Church building, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Communion, Community, Elders, elders in the Church, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Pastors
Tagged christian community, Christian fellowship, Church as community, creating community, how to lead a church, how to structure the church, local church life
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7 Links worth seeing
Check out these resources on a variety of subjects! Continue reading
Questions for every church leader
When ministries are not effective, leaders who care about the Church ask questions about how to “do” Church better. But are they looking in the right places for answers? Continue reading
Posted in Call to ministry, Christianity, Church, Church building, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church Planting, Deacons, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Market-Driven Churches, Pastors, Preaching, Seeker Services, Spiritual transformation, Theology
Tagged Christ, Church, Elders, Leaders, Pastors
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Did you encounter God in Church?
When truth about God is declared it should jolt those who live outside of His truth. Do you want these people walking out of Church saying, “That was pretty cool.” “It didn’t even feel like Church”? Continue reading
When the Church markets the gospel
“Does the gospel of the market-driven church redeem the lost or reinforce trends, deliver from sin or affirm the self, reconcile people to God or appeal to religious consumers?” “Tailoring the gospel to fit the consumer distorts the gospel, discounts … Continue reading
Sovereign Ecclesiastical Consumers
Evangelicals need to affirm aggressively the necessary connection between faith in Christ and commitment to his church. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church building, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Elders, Gospel-centered, Life of a pastor, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Pastors, Seeker Services, Spiritual inventory, Worship, Worship conflicts
Tagged Church, consumer church, Local Church, Pastors, seeker church
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Salt of the earth?
You are the salt of the earth Salt – In this first metaphor of Christian identity (Matthew 5:13), it’s important to notice that Jesus shifted from 3rd person address in the beatitudes (“theirs is….” “those who…” see: 5:1-12), to 2nd person plural … Continue reading
Should Church be fun?
I had it all wrong. I had thought Christianity included a shadow side– confession, self-denial, rebuke of sin, concern with heresy, a willingness to lose one’s life for the sake of Jesus Christ. Continue reading
Profile of a true disciple – 6 characteristics
We cannot be effective disciple-makers without understanding the characteristics of a true disciple. The five traits in this profile are based on Jesus’ own statements about true discipleship. Each one should help define the task of disciple-making. This is not … Continue reading