It’s becoming very popular to teach church growth and leadership principles using ideas from successful businesses.
Some of the titles of books and articles I’ve seen lately include, What The Church Can Learn From...
- Harley Davidson
- Marvel Movies
- Japanese Management
There’s nothing wrong with small churches.
I’ve been hearing that a lot lately.
For the first time in my memory, many church growth writers and speakers are making sure to say "there’s nothing wrong with small churches" when they teach about church ...
Are you involved in church leadership? As in, does any of your ministry involve overseeing, teaching or helping other church leaders?
If so, have you ever been frustrated by the inability of some small churches to utilize your ideas? No doubt you have.
Here’s a simple illustration ...
There are a lot of small churches in the world. Over 90 percent of all churches, by most counts.
Yet perhaps the most common moniker used for small churches isn’t
- Small and normal
- Small and commonplace
- Small and typical
- Or even small and holding strong
It’s small and struggling.
There’s a lot about the gospel message that is not user-friendly.
Take up your cross. Love your enemies. Put God’s will ahead of my own.
But getting to that message shouldn’t be as hard as many churches often make it.
This lesson was reinforced for me recently ...
Who is responsible for the health and growth of a local church?
Is it all up to the pastoral leadership? As one former megachurch pastor used to say, “if it’s going to be, it’s up to me.”
Or is it all up to Jesus who said “I will build my church”? ...
Some ministers seem to be ideally suited for what they do.
Their passion, their skill set, their spiritual gifting and their circumstances all seem to line up in one integral whole.
But what about the rest of us? What do you do when you feel divided? When your passion goes in ...
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