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.
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.
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.
When telling us about the results of your church growth principles, don’t just promote the success stories, tell us the averages.
While methods can and must change regularly, we cannot presume that methods are always morally neutral. They’re not.
If we use our creative moments well, we can give ourselves plenty of productive tasks to do, even during the low-energy times.
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.
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.
Our church uses LinkTree for our online bulletin because it’s so easy for anyone to set up, and just as easy for church members to navigate. In this video I show you how to set up and use LinkTree, by actually creating an account with a live screen-capture.
Our church uses LinkTree for our online bulletin because it’s so easy for anyone to set up, and just as easy for church members to navigate. In this video I show you how to set up and use LinkTree, by actually creating an account with a live screen-capture.
