Jesus Christ was the most revolutionary, innovative, world-changing person who ever lived. His followers should be the same.
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Instead of “if your church disappeared tomorrow, would your community miss it?”, we need to ask “Would anyone miss us? And who are they?” That’s what matters. They are your mission field.
You can live a vibrant faith in Christ even when it is a minority expression. There are strong, healthy, missional churches in the post-Christian pockets of the country and the world. In fact, those churches are often stronger and more mission-minded because we have to be.
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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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A local church doesn’t need to be big to do the Jesus stuff well. And the Jesus stuff is the only stuff that matters.
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Here are 7 key changes pastors need to make as we adapt from running a sprint to running a marathon.
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Why does the church exist? As defined clearly by Jesus himself in both the Great Commandment and the Great Commission, the church exists to love God and share his love with others. We’re not about meetings, denominations or creeds. It is our calling and our mandate to introduce people to Jesus, connect those people with each
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There are a lot of misunderstandings about small churches and the people who pastor them.
That we’re a problem to be fixed
That we could be fixed if we’d just adhere to the latest 8-step church growth plan
That we can only do good ministry when we hit a certain critical mass
and so on
But, without question, the biggest misunderstanding about small churches and the people who pastor them is this:
Too many people (especially fellow pastors) think that small church pastors aren’t interested in church growth. That we’ve given up on reaching new people. That we’ve decided to stay small out of fear, comfort, lack of passion or something equally petty.
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Money is in charge of too many of our churches.
So many good congregations want to do great ministry, but their limited finances cause them to make too many decisions based on what they can or can’t afford, instead of what God is calling them to do.
It’s a trap that may seem impossible to get put of. But there is hope.
In today’s post I want to tell you about a decision our church made over two decades ago that has been a great starting point in allowing us to follow God more and money less.
Here it is.
Our church will never make a decision about doing a ministry based on what we can or can’t afford. Because if we pencil it out, we’ll never be able to afford it.
(This is part of an ongoing series, Money and the Small Church.)
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Money is in charge of too many of our churches.
So many good congregations want to do great ministry, but their limited finances cause them to make too many decisions based on what they can or can’t afford, instead of what God is calling them to do.
It’s a trap that may seem impossible to get put of. But there is hope.
In today’s post I want to tell you about a decision our church made over two decades ago that has been a great starting point in allowing us to follow God more and money less.
Here it is.
Our church will never make a decision about doing a ministry based on what we can or can’t afford. Because if we pencil it out, we’ll never be able to afford it.
(This is part of an ongoing series, Money and the Small Church.)
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