What is keeping many of these churches from reaching their full potential? In many cases, I think it’s something as simple – but decisive – as the Shepherd-Rancher divide. This is based on the premise that these are the two basic kinds of church leaders — Shepherds and Ranchers.
Mecklenburg Community Church is closing all of its satellite campuses and ending the multi-site approach to growth we have embraced for nearly a decade.
Jesus said, “Let the children come.” Churches should be a safe place for kids. James Emery White shares a vital list of 7 steps toward child safety at church.
The lessons from Sears include three big takeaways. Church planters: take note from the demise of a century-old retail giant.
Looking back, these lessons could be called “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in My First Church.”
One of the great myths of relational life is that community is something found. How can church planters build a real community of connecting?
A bad name might work against you, but that’s not usually the case in the church-renaming phenomenon I’ve observed.
There are five simple ways to make sure that your church will not reach its full redemptive potential. Follow one or more, and you can just about guarantee your church will not grow.
In our culture today, many people reject God based on distorted views. Ask this one powerful evangelism question to help others discover the truth of the Gospel.
There is a thin line that one must walk, but never cross, between relevance and compromise.
