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Friday, December 30, 2022

Friday's Catch: 'Trends in the Multisite Movement' And More


What began as a Band-Aid strategy for megachurches that were out of room or limited by zoning restrictions progressed through several identifiable stages. It quickly evolved into a growth strategy for healthy churches of all sizes. Stable but stuck churches found multisite to be a revitalization strategy that reenergized their base and leveraged their influence beyond the walls of their congregation. Increasingly it is becoming a rebirth strategy for struggling churches that merge with a multisite church. Nearly half of all multisite campuses have come about through a church merger.

Just One Cup of Coffee
A decade ago, my local church took a big step by leaving its 60-year-old worship space to build a new building on the same grounds. With that one act of faith, we rejuvenated the church to become more missional. Through the design of the building, music, preaching, and overall worship, a space was designed to reach future generations with the gospel. Over the last four years, the church has continued to transform as we have learned to be nimble due to the constraints of the pandemic and economic inflation that has affected giving and spiritual morale in the church. And we discovered the importance of just one cup of coffee.

6 Practices for Your First Year in Church Leadership
Starting well in your first year is so important for the long run of your leadership. In your first year of ministry, it is more important to focus on your internal adjustments more than external accomplishments.

4 Advantages of Advanced Planning for Sermons/Teaching Series
When I served as an executive and teaching pastor in Miami, I learned the benefit of planning sermons and teaching series months ahead. I don’t mean the entire sermon completely prepared, but a specific direction for a teaching series and a general direction for each sermon within the series. The advanced planning was not only helped me when I was teaching/preaching, but also helped other facets of the church.

Lawnmower Parents and Snowflake Spirituality
There’s a new parenting category. You’ve heard of helicopter parents, free-range parents, tiger parents… now there’s “lawnmower parents.” What does a lawnmower parent do? They “mow down all of a child’s challenges, discomforts and struggles.”

10 Ways to Help Kids Memorize God's Word
One of the most impactful things we can do to set kids up for spiritual success is helping them memorize Scripture.

Six Questions You Should Ask at the Beginning of 2023

Some questions you should consider so you can see growth in the new year.

Beyond Invite and Invest: A Better Plan for Outreach 
We’ve assumed that’s something the church is supposed to do. Unfortunately, when that happens, it creates several challenges.

Evangelicals are growing in France
The number of evangelical Christians continues to grow in France. A new statistical report by the National Council of Evangelical Christians (CNEF) shows that there is now one church for every 25,000 inhabitants.

UMC’s North Georgia Conference blocks church departures
The regional body is alleging the spread of “defamatory” misinformation about the UMC and its disaffiliation procedure.

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