Reports from Asbury University are so very encouraging! Since last Wednesday, there’s been 24/7 prayer, worship, testimony, confession of sin, Scripture reading, silence, and more in the chapel at this Kentucky school. People from across the United States are flocking to the campus to experience what God is doing.
Most local churches in the United States and Canada, I suspect, are desperately in need of spiritual renewal. The winds of the Holy Spirit need to blow through our churches again, reinvigorating and re-empowering them for the task of spreading the good news of Jesus Christ and making new disciples. Let us pray that revival does spread to our church, enabling us to tread the path of true disciples of Jesus Christ.Plumb Line #10: Stay Where You Are, Serve Where You Live, Be the Church in Your Community
There are, to be sure, bad ways of leading a multi-site church—just as there are a host of bad ways to lead a single-site church. So we constantly repeat one of our plumb lines to remind us of one of the key reasons why we do multi-site: stay where you are; serve where you live; be the church in your community.
Dear Small Church: A Word of Encouragement
Thinking through the duties and responsibilities of a pastor – no matter what size his congregation – Matthew Everhard offers these points of advice for any looking for a seasonable word of encouragement.
Prayer Drives Congregational Growth
Kevin Martin’s recent article “Who Are We Missing?” highlights a valid sociological and theological commonality among some of the largest congregations in the Episcopal Church: they are theologically and liturgically conservative. This has been documented in various sociology papers: there is a strong connection between membership and Sunday attendance, and historically orthodox theology and traditional liturgy, across mainline traditions, ours included.
10% of high school students attempted suicide in 2021; more than half of girls sad or hopeless: CDC
Poor mental health and suicidal ideation and attempts have increased among high school students over the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half of girls struggle with “persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.”
Churches Are Getting Less of Total Charitable Giving—Here’s Why (And What You Can Do About It) What can you do to help build trust in your church finances? Small steps can make a big difference.
7 Ways to Honor Black History Month in Our Churches
In heaven, all our ethnic distinctions will be present around the throne. Churches can reflect this through their Black history celebrations.
4 Common Mistakes That Will Cause Your Church to Struggle
We all make mistakes. That’s part of the territory if you are a leader. Fortunately, there are a number of foundational principles and leadership values that if consistently followed will dramatically reduce the mistakes we make, or at least lessen the level of their impact.
7 Habits That Will Cripple a Leader
There are some things that can quickly cripple a leader.
7 Ministry Insights Pastors Wish They’d Known Sooner
Seasoned pastors looked back at their early years in the church and considered ministry insights they wished they had known when they began.
Classroom Emergency Procedures for Church and Children’s Ministry
Classroom emergency procedures are essential for churches and Sunday school programs. We can’t always stop emergencies from happening. But children’s ministry workers and volunteers can be prepared. In case of emergency or evacuation, are you and your staff ready?
5 Tips for Facilitating Small Groups Effectively
Small group discussion is so important, and really is the place where the Word can be applied as much as any other time. Generating discussion is tough for leaders, but is extremely important to have an effective small group discussion. I want to give you some tips for help facilitate small groups effectively.
4 Fundamentals of Effective Discipleship Pathways
Gavin Adams is writing several posts about adding more intentionality to church models, plans, and methods for the next few weeks. This is the first in the series.
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