“Will The Congregation Come Back?” Should Not Be Our Biggest Concern (6 Better Questions)
Whether people come back through our church doors is not the big issue. How we honor Jesus by reaching the hurting people outside our doors is what matters.
5 Essential Lessons For Young Pastors Leading Older Churches
There are very few callings that are more laden with minefields than a young pastor called to serve an older church. But if it’s done well it can be extremely rewarding, for both the young pastor and the older church.
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3 Steps To Culture Change In A Small Church (Hint: It’s Different Than A Big Church)
There may be nothing more important to the mission of a church than having a healthy culture. And that culture, conscious or not, is the linchpin that holds any congregation together – or tears it apart.
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What To Do When Life And Ministry Feel Overwhelming
Life feels overwhelming right now. But even when we’re experiencing a good kind of overwhelming, we can’t live there for long. If we don’t deal with it properly, it has the potential to go really bad, really fast.
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Yes, I Want Our Small Congregation To Grow – But . . .
Work for numerical growth. But don’t put so much energy into a hoped-for future that you shortchange your right-now life and ministry.
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How An Unspoken Justin Bieber Joke Taught Me To Treat Everyone As An Image-Bearer
I not have the right to treat any other human being badly, I have an extra obligation not to pile on to someone who’s already receiving so much hurtful attention. No amount of adulation or money can balance that ledger in a person’s heart.
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9 Small Church Leadership Traits No Pastor Should Ever Outgrow
Small churches have a tendency to keep us humble, sometimes involuntarily. But that humility is something we should never outgrow, no matter how big the church or ministry becomes.
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Simple Steps For Discipling Believers In A Thriving Small Church
Discipleship is possible in any size of church by using the most proven, time-tested, successful discipling process of all. The process Jesus, Paul and the early church used. A process called mentoring.
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Now, More Than Ever, It’s Essential To Stay On Mission
There’s always something fighting for our attention – wanting to pull our gaze away from the most important things to almost-as-important things.
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The Best Method For Discipling Believers In A Thriving Small Church
Could mentoring be part of the answer to the current wave of people – especially younger people – leaving the church in record numbers? The possibility is worth considering.
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