Pastors Bobby Owings and Brian Moss share a penchant for going to places no one else wants to go.
For them, it meant being called to lead dying churches—congregations in steep decline, or even on the brink of shutting down.
When Owings came to Surf City Baptist Church (SCBC), located in a resort town near a military base on the southern coast of North Carolina in 2009, each Sunday service had around 50 people in attendance—on a good day.
Today, Owings preaches four sermons each Sunday to a total of around 500.
Moss entered the ministry in 1999 after nearly two decades in the information technology industry. His first pastorate—at Oak Ridge Baptist Church in Salisbury, Maryland—brought him to a church that boasted around 30 for a weekend service.
He’s still at Oak Ridge, along with around 1,200 more members than he started with.
Owings and Moss shared a few vital actions churches must take if they want to not only stay alive, but also be effective. Read More
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