
Do We Treat Salvation Now as an Event Too?
The U.S. comprises around 5% of the world’s population but consumes roughly 33% of its goods and services. To accommodate our consumer culture, pastors have
The U.S. comprises around 5% of the world’s population but consumes roughly 33% of its goods and services. To accommodate our consumer culture, pastors have
Part 2 (of 2) Once your church finds itself on the event hamster wheel, it’s extremely difficult to jump off. An event mentality conditions pastors
Part 1 (of 2) No pastor sets out to make a church primarily about its weekend services. Seminary students envision impacting a community mightily for
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
Christmas is about the greatest act of love in the history of the world. We know who God is not only by what He said,
Happiness is overrated and overemphasized. It is incessantly being sold to us, normally by those who believe this life is all there is or by
No season accentuates the difference between “religion” and “faith” more than Christmas. CEOs (Christmas-Easter Only) show up at church for the first time in months.
Part 2 (of 2) What would a company do if it were experiencing… Negative growth? High customer turnover? A worsening reputation among non-customers? Little impact
We’ll continue with Part 2 of “Why the Election Should Spark Church Reform” next week. Given our discussion of the diminishing influence of Christianity in
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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