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1. The Main Reason People Don't Become Church Members: ... your church. Candidly, nearly all churches have some form of "membership." Some formal, calling it church membership. Others informal, using words like belonging, discipleship, culture, team, or community ...; Created on 05 September 2019
2. 7 Things We Can Learn From Attractional Churches ...: ... an intentional strategy to reach people. Too many churches are neither attractional nor missional because they have little commitment to reaching the unchurched anyway. An attractional approach is at leas ...; Created on 04 September 2019
3. Study: Most U.S. Churches Aren't Engaged in 'Worship Wars' ...: ... e 20 years ago," he said. "Disagreement has begun to wain in most churches, and what a wonderful thing that is." Pastors of churches with the fewest attendees (less than 50) are the least likely to say th ...; Created on 28 August 2019
4. How You Can Prepare Your Congregation for a New Mission Field: ... the churches. The truth is, we are seeing more 'nominal' Christian people self-identify as no faith ("nones") instead of Christian. Since nominal Christians have been a key part of the church planting strate ...; Created on 22 August 2019
5. 5 Issues That Keep Churches From Changing ...: Leading a church into revitalization is a daunting task. It takes much prayer, grace and strength. Churches that need revitalization often drift into a place of complacency. The change they need often ...; Created on 26 July 2019
6. 5 Reasons Why Smaller Churches Are Making a Comeback ...: Smaller churches are poised to make a comeback. I'm serious. I see too many signs and indicators to believe otherwise. For certain, I know the bad news. The median size of a church has declined from aroun ...; Created on 12 July 2019
7. How to Keep Your Church's Spiritual Vitality as You Raise Up the Next Senior Pastor: ... n senior pastors' tenures. Their findings showed a diminishing "spiritual vitality" in churches as pastors grew older. The corollary was simple: The older the pastor, the more likely that worship has ce ...; Created on 01 July 2019
8. What's Next for Thom Rainer Now That He's Retiring From LifeWay?: In June 2017, Thom S. Rainer released a new research project on church health and effective evangelistic churches. The results were sobering. His study showed 65 percent of churches were either plateaued ...; Created on 10 September 2018
9. 5 More Reasons People Abandon the Local Church for House Churches ...: ... c encounter with Jesus are done with perfectly orchestrated worship sets and precisely ordered services. House churches offer an opportunity to ditch the set lists and eliminate the clocks in favor of ...; Created on 04 September 2018
10. 5 Reasons People Leave Local Churches for House Churches ...: ... e in the church who are spiritualizing their manipulation, control and rebellion by abandoning the local church, rejecting authority and church government and launching home churches without blessing ...; Created on 04 September 2018
11. What Happens When Megachurch Pastors, Priests Betray Public Trust With Sexual Escapades: Dr. Alveda King, beloved niece of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., pulls no punches in speaking the truth in love. Finishing breakfast in our home a while ago, my wife and I were privileged to receive prophetic ...; Created on 20 August 2018
12. What Makes Someone Leave Their Church?: ... aligned. By contrast, 39 percent of churchgoers who don't have evangelical beliefs say they are completely aligned, and about half (53 percent) are mostly aligned. Sixty percent of churchgoers at big c ...; Created on 26 June 2018
13. What to Do When a New Believer Joins Your Church: ... ready for God to bless you with more new life in Christ! Hal Seed is the founding and lead pastor of New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California. He mentors pastors who want to lead healthy, growing chu ...; Created on 09 April 2018
14. Megachurch Pastor Helps Save 42,500 Children's Lives Because He Followed a Simple Call: ... e of the largest and most dynamic churches in America. He is also a noted author, and his PowerPoint Ministries broadcasts are available in 92 countries and are heard daily in more than 740 cities. ...; Created on 22 January 2018
15. 10 Key Trends Churches Should Heed in 2018 ...: ... communities are no longer friendly to local churches; some have become adversarial. But in the waves of these seas of negativity, are mercy drops of hope and possibilities. Look at these 10 major trend ...; Created on 12 December 2017
16. What Does an Unhealthy Church Look Like?: ... we pull our cultural values into our grid for measuring church success. Size is not necessarily the best measurement for church health. Is it OK for churches to be small sometimes? Absolutely. But befor ...; Created on 15 November 2017
17. After Charlottesville Riots, Why Aren't Our Churches More Diverse? ...: ... ired because they encourage racial and ethnic diversity in their churches. Other forms of racism are more subtle, but no less toxic. There is no intentionality. Churches that are evangelistic have leader ...; Created on 14 August 2017
18. Pastor, Stop Trying to Be Joel Osteen: I met Joel Osteen many years ago when he asked me to direct a series of TV specials featuring his father, Pastor John Osteen. We became friends, and when his dad passed away and Joel became pastor of Lakewood ...; Created on 17 July 2017
19. Serious Signals a Megachurch Is Having Minor Influence: ... many friends in New York City, around the U.S. and in numerous nations on various continents who have powerful megachurches with great influence that do not fit the points in this article; however, I hav ...; Created on 12 July 2017
20. The Mentality That May Be Killing Your Church: ... or us?" is the prevailing principle of decision-making for too many churches. Denominational leaders and professional fundraisers know that to be successful in their promotions, they have to convince chu ...; Created on 10 February 2017

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