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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Thursday's Catch: 'Church Planting Lessons Westerners Can Learn From African Pentecostals' And More


Church Planting Lessons Westerners Can Learn From African Pentecostals
...there is no singular “right” way to plant a church...there are many things we can learn from church planting practices in other cultures.

Church Leaders Share Lessons From Addressing Abuse
A clear gap exists between large and small churches in their sexual abuse prevention plans. What can churches of all sizes do to keep people safe?

More than 100M people of faith could sit out 2024 election: study
As many as 104 million people of faith, including 32 million self-identified Christians who regularly attend church, are unlikely to vote in the upcoming 2024 presidential election on Nov. 5 mainly due to lack of interest, research from the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University shows.

5 kinds of American evangelicals and their voting patterns
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.

'Depopulation is the biggest public policy problem in Scotland' - report
The Evangelical Alliance has published a new report that sets out the "vital role" of Christianity in Scotland.

When a Ministry Closes
Here are three ways you can lead well when a ministry closes.

How To Recognize & Remedy Micromanagement
It’s a mistake to lead everyone in the same way. When leading one person, more direction or follow-up may be perfectly appropriate and needed, but for another, it’s micromanagement.

Sharing Wisely on Social Media
As I have navigated social media over the last 15 years, I fell into a basic decision matrix on how to decide what is wise to re-post. Before re-sharing a post, ask these two questions....

7 Proven Strategies to Launch More Small Groups
Churches CAN launch groups fast enough to keep up with the demand for discipleship, if they change up how they are launching groups. Here are 7 things I’ve discovered over the last 15 years in working with over 1,500 churches across North America. These aren’t just 7 ideas or 7 philosophies. These are 7 proven strategies to launch groups.

Jesus Wants Us To Ask How To Serve, Not Who To Serve
There’s a lot of dialogue going on right now in America over who “deserves” or “gets” to be our neighbor. But God has already settled this debate, decisively.

What Does “You are the Light of the World” Mean?
The moment that people believe in the Light (Jesus), they themselves become sons of Light. Of course, believers have no light source in and of themselves. But rather like the moon reflects the sun, we reflect the light of Jesus onto the world around us. We, simply by living holy lives in word and deed, striving to be like our Savior, shine the light of Christ to all the people around us.

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