Will Multi-site Churches Work for the Next Generation?
For some big churches, looking to get bigger, the multi-site model seems to be working for them. For others, not so much. Though they take …
Church: Here Come the Women
As the American church struggles to find its way, it may be downplaying one its strongest assets. Women. Churches are “leaving a lot of leadership …
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The Endangered Church’s Tipping Point
Has the church in America finally reached a tipping point? It seems so, according to a national consultant. For many years, the warning signs have …
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The Lurking Drain Under Sunday Attendance
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?
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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Who Will Staff Your Church Tomorrow?
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
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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Making Disciples–or Just Smartypants?
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
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?
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. …
