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1. Do You Know the Real Differences Between Secular and Kingdom Churches? ...: Click here to read Part 1 of "Understanding the Difference Between Secular and Kingdom Churches." Contrasting the Two Churches (Ekklesias) in Acts 19 The governmental church of God that transforms societ ...; Created on 13 November 2019
2. 5 Reasons Your Tithes Tanked This Year: ... can take a seemingly dramatic turn downward? As we work with churches, we often see these five reasons. The church's membership and attendance mix changed during the year. The common scenario is the lo ...; Created on 04 November 2019
3. 10 Things Churches Do That Drive Away First-Time Visitors ...: ... days of intensive training and practical planning. With four of these micros completed with 40 pastors, I still hear how important this issue is. We want people to visit our churches. We want them to return ...; Created on 14 October 2019
4. 8 Reasons Why You Should Have Hope for Your Church: ... . It's not just about having the right vision, or being a nice person or about your dedication. It takes more than dedication to grow a church. Growing churches require growing pastors. The minute you s ...; Created on 27 September 2019
5. Spirit-Led Worship Leader: The Secret to Worshipping Your Way Out of Burnout: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him" (Ps. 28:7). If you are in ministry long enough, there ...; Created on 26 September 2019
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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

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