Why So Sensitive? (An Appeal To Pastoral Conference Organizers)
Your small-church friends have a lot to say, and your big-church friends are not that easily offended.
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Never Settle For A Small Church (No Matter How Big It Is)
When our dreams for our church end at our church doors, we’re dreaming too small.
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If Small Churches Are Essential, Why Are We Not Fulfilling Our Potential?
Small churches are vibrant, active participants in the current work God is doing in the world. We want to do better. We can do better. We will do better. But we can’t do it alone.
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How To Worship Jesus When You Don’t Like The Music
There’s extraordinary power and blessing when we set aside our preferences and choose to actively engage in our role as facilitators of worship – helping others get closer to Jesus.
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9 Ways To Be A More Proactive Pastor This Year
This is a time of great challenges. And it may get harder before it gets better. But this is also a time when your unchurched neighbors are feeling a need for hope, connection and real-world solutions more than ever before.
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When Church Growth Feels Like MLM (A Request From The Rest Of Us)
When telling us about the results of your church growth principles, don’t just promote the success stories, tell us the averages.
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The Medium Matters: 7 Ways To Be Sure Your Church’s Methods Honors Your Message
While methods can and must change regularly, we cannot presume that methods are always morally neutral. They’re not.
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How To Lead When You’re Not Feeling Smart Or Brave
If we use our creative moments well, we can give ourselves plenty of productive tasks to do, even during the low-energy times.
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Online And In-Person Church: How Should We Track Attendance Now? (A Suggestion)
We’ve always kept church attendance like a golf score, with one number. Online viewing changes that. I suggest tracking church attendance like tennis scores. Without the competitive comparisons, of course.
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Important But Inadequate: Navigating The Paradox Of Online Church
Online church is extremely important, but it is also woefully inadequate. This is a paradox we need to embrace. The downsides are real, but the upsides are worth it. So how do we take advantage of the good while reducing the bad? Here are a few ideas.
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