Monday, August 18, 2025

Monday's Catch: 'Young Pastor's Guide: 5 Shifts to Revitalize Your Traditional Church' And More


Young Pastor's Guide: 5 Shifts to Revitalize Your Traditional Church
So you’re a young pastor, and you lead a traditional church. What are your first moves to help revitalize your church or help it grow, maybe for the first time?

#1 Reason People Don't Attend Church & What You Can Do About It
The number one reason people aren't attending your church may not be what you think. In this video, Carey discusses the reason people have stopped going to church and what you, as the leader, can do to address the issue and grow your church.
Also See: The 3 Reasons You're Losing Church Members
3 Reasons Engagement (Not Attraction) Will Grow Your Church
So, you want your church to grow? Well, if you’re still doing the things churches did fifteen years ago, you’re probably not seeing much growth....
Also See: 7 Strategies + Ways to Grow Your Church; Why Pastors Need to Leave the Church to Grow the Church
Your Church Is Facing a Community Disconnect: Now What?
Many churches naturally drift from their community, creating a church disconnect. Here’s how to address five common disconnects.

10 Principles To Get The Best From Volunteer Church Leaders
Leaders will attend and volunteer at churches where they are honored as people and where their hard work and leadership skills are recognized and valued.

The Silent Crisis in Church Facilities: Understanding the Deferred Maintenance Reserve Ratio
A growing number of churches are facing a silent but critical problem—one that rarely appears in budget meetings or revitalization plans. It’s not theological drift or volunteer shortages. It’s deferred maintenance.
Roof leaks and a failing HVAC system were the death knell of a small church where I served a service leader, a preacher, and a licensed lay reader with pastoral charge of a mission for a number of years. The congregation would eventually disband and sell the aging building.
From atheism to awakening: Gen Z turns back to God
A new poll suggests that Britain may well be in the midst of a spiritual shift, with belief in God among young adults more than doubling in the past four years.

2025 Church Trends UPDATE: The Gen Z Revival is Real (New Data) + The Mental Health Crisis
Major update to my 2025 church trends with stunning new data. Gen Z church attendance has quadrupled (4% to 16%), with young men leading at 21%. US data shows similar revival patterns....
Also See: NEW Data: Is The Decline in the Church Reversing?
Back-Row Christianity Won’t Build Your Faith
In Beyond the Back Row: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Local Church for Your Family, Katie Polski, a writer and Bible teacher, calls for readers to “reconsider the importance of the local church in their own lives so that we might have a deep and abiding faith in Jesus” (4). In an age where church attendance is becoming less common, Polski’s book reminds readers, especially new believers or those disillusioned with the church, that the local church is God’s primary means to form healthy Christians.

The Cost of Using AI: What It Can Do To Your Brain
In this video, we’re talking about the cost of using AI. This isn’t an anti-AI video, I use AI all the time. But, we need to talk about what it can do to our brains.

The secret to living a purposeful life
Are you truly living a purposeful life? Have you discovered the meaning of your existence?

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