Is your church decentralized, empowering disciples? Or is it depersonalized, entrusting responsibility for being “church” to the few rather than to many? A third way
Part 5 of 5 In this last post in our current series on decentralizing church, let’s discuss bringing church beyond just where we live, but
The holidays are over. Now what? Is your church taking a deep breath, recovering from the build-up to Christmas worship services? Maybe your church put
Part 2 (of 3)…continued from prior blog post Andrew’s anti-theistic resolve hadn’t wavered during lunch with Bill and his pastor. He had no reservations about
The defining characteristic of post-Christian culture is a belief that mankind is good and God is bad. Accusing the Lord of the greater “sin” for
Part 2 of 4 There was little doubt that the question “Do Non-Believers Belong in Worship Services?” would stir controversy. Frankly, I felt the same
Part 3 (of 3) Jesus modeled a framework for understanding the nature and extent of God’s love – as our Father. The term “love” is
Part 3 of 4 Last week, we looked at the first 4 of 7 common reasons why most Christians answer the question “Do Non-Believers Belong
Scripture points to a pattern of world-changing interventions whenever humanity arrives at a seemingly inevitable, yet intolerable destination – that of no longer knowing, except
The escalating clash of sacred and secular in America is not only testing the authenticity of Christians, but exposing the logical fallacies of trying to
Throughout that process, I wondered why the Church in America seemed to be struggling – in growth, impact, influence and public perception. Being a consultant, I couldn’t help but look closer – and what I discovered was shocking. The modern American church model doesn’t align with the most fundamental principle of successful organizations – nor Biblical mandates. There is a flawed assumption underlying nearly every decision churches make today and we believe it’s the root cause for the Church’s decline…
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