Not everything is scalable.
Church growth is. But not every aspect of church health is.
Not only is bigger not always better, in some cases pushing for numerical growth can actually be harmful to the mission of a local church.
Scalability Is Not Universal
There are a lot of great, ...
There’s a lot that’s wrong with the church today.
Over and over, I see similar complaints:
- “The church today is compromised!”
- “The modern church is about entertainment!”
- “The contemporary church is more about personalities than about Jesus!”
If you want your church to break through the 200 barrier there’s a lot of help.
From the classic book, How To Break Growth Barriers, to newly-developed programs by great leaders like Carey Nieuwhof, Ed Stetzer and The Unstuck Group, there’s no shortage of top-notch ...
The world is changing. Fast.
Unlike many of my contemporaries, I see a lot of good changes along with the bad ones, but no matter how you see it, change is hard.
And the extreme amount of change we’re experiencing now is overwhelming.
It’s especially challenging when ...
There are a lot of cool churches in the world.
Congregations trying the latest ideas, ministries using cutting-edge graphics, and worship bands leading us in the newest songs.
I like cool churches.
It’s great to see them keeping up to date, trying innovative methods, and ...
The typical church has about 75 attendees every week.
So if you pastor a small congregation, your church isn’t broken, it’s what’s known as normal. And normal doesn’t need to be fixed.
But for the most part, the books, conferences and classes about pastoring ...
Why do we equate size with health and effectiveness in the church?
One reason is our tendency toward confirmation bias.
When we want to know what church health is, we look at what’s happening in the biggest and fastest-growing churches.
On the other hand, when we look at ...
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