Tuesday's Catch: '3 Ways to Redeem the Local Church' And More

3 Ways to Redeem the Local Church

Summer is an excellent time for your church to redeem a room piled with items for a future classroom for children. To reevaluate programs to see if they meet the current or future needs. Instead of fretting over change, see it as a way to redeem what God wants for your ministry and the local church. Three ways you can redeem the local church are to redeem the vision, space, and community connection.

Mid-year Assessment: Where Are the Gaps in Your Church?
We’re halfway through the year. Have you considered an honest assessment of how effective you and your church have been so far?

The Break-Even Dilemma: Why Your Church Has to Replace a Third of Attendance to Stay Even Each Year
On this week’s episode, Thom and Sam discuss why the typical church must replace a third of its congregation every year to maintain the same number of attendees. Most pastors feel this problem, but the Church Answers team has data on the issue.

The Unseen Side of Success: It’s Not Just About the Results
Explore why evaluating success goes beyond just outcomes. In leadership, a poor process that produces a good result isn't real success. Discover six reasons why processes are crucial in achieving true, sustainable success.

7 Problems When Church leaders Retreat into Isolation
Many church leaders—particularly those who have been overworked or wounded—have found themselves retreating into isolation. Here are some problems with that approach....

Five Reasons a Healthy Growing Church Must Teach the Essentials of Christianity
One of the key reasons many churches are not growing today is that many of their church members do not know the essentials of the Christian faith. Thom and Sam examine this phenomenon and offer key steps for the church to move forward.

Digital Hymnal’s Demise Is Delayed
Lifeway still plans to end online music resource but apologizes for short notice.

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The Ultimate DIY Guide To Mobile Church Solutions
It doesn’t have to cost you 25 grand or more to put together a mobile church setup. (That is what one company was charging for their smallest system.) It just takes knowing what equipment you need and where to get it.

Community Through Outreach 

In 2020 when the pandemic shut down Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, church leaders knew they needed a way to continue to reach their community and engage their members. They quickly began holding fresh food distribution events every couple of months, serving around 400 local families.

Special Delivery
Charitable donations usually surge during the holidays but dry up afterward, a problem Granger Community Church in Elkhart, Indiana, took action to address. After learning that shelters and food banks run desperately low on supplies during the first months of the year, Granger started its annual food drop 21 years ago.

BWIM will expand its advocacy in light of Texas actions
Baptist Women in Ministry will expand its advocacy efforts in light of actions taken and not taken by the Baptist General Convention of Texas last week, according to Meredith Stone.

Where Boomer Faith in God Is Low, Gen Z Belief Is Up
What nearly 20,000 people in 26 countries believe about God, Satan, and the supernatural.

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