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The Lurking Drain Under Sunday Attendance

Thom Schultz, May 29, 2019

It’s no secret. Weekly church attendance is down. Where did everybody go? A local pastor gave me two simple answers to the question. He said …

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Is Your Children’s Curriculum Infected?

Thom Schultz, March 6, 2019

We sounded a somewhat irreverent alarm over 25 years ago about the state of children’s curriculum in churches. The book that my wife Joani and …

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Leadership

Who Will Staff Your Church Tomorrow?

Thom Schultz, November 29, 2018

As the speed of change heats up, what kinds of people will staff the churches of tomorrow? We posed that question at Group’s recent Future …

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The Dangers of Under- or Over-Reacting to Church Security Risks

Thom Schultz, October 17, 2018

It happens in churches across the country every Sunday. This time, though, the outcome was tragic. Robert Braxton III, 27, took a seat in a …

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Discipleship

Making Disciples–or Just Smartypants?

Thom Schultz, September 19, 2018

Jesus didn’t arrange his followers in little rows and ask them to complete fill-in-the-blank worksheets. He knew that discipleship was much more than an academic …

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Social Outrage & the Church

Thom Schultz, September 6, 2018

Our society is deeply divided–cast into political, racial and economic schisms. But what about the church? Is the church today an agent of harmony–or division? …

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Church Planting: Just to Get Big?

Thom Schultz, August 1, 2018

What makes a successful church? Today it’s all about the numbers. Attendance, or rate of attendance growth–that’s the measurement of success. Or so you’d assume. …

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The Church & Race Relations: Help or Hurt?

Thom Schultz, July 11, 2018

Most Americans believe the country’s race relations are generally bad. And some are wondering about the connection between race and religion. Are churches generally helping–or …

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The Startling Response from Young People Who Left the Church

Thom Schultz, June 26, 2018

Young people are staying away from the church in growing numbers. But why? When you pose that question to those inside the church, it seems …

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Discipleship

De-Compartmentalizing Your Disciple-Making

Thom Schultz, March 14, 2018

Why don’t our efforts at disciple-making result in more obvious disciples–people who live out their attachment to Jesus every day? Part of the problem comes …

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