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5 Practices for Fruitful Congregations in a Post-Attractional Era

5 Practices for Fruitful Congregations in a Post-Attractional Era

Robert Schnase’s five key practices — radical hospitality, passionate worship, intentional faith development, risk-taking mission and service, and extravagant generosity — have helped thousands of congregations be more fruitful in ministry. In 2018, Schnase reframed these key practices to move beyond attractional assumptions and address the more challenging realities churches face today. To celebrate the […]

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Why Your Church Will Die within Five Years

Why Your Church Will Die within Five Years

I became fascinated with dead and dying churches about thirty years ago.  I know. It’s morbid on my part.  My fascination turned into somewhat of an obsession that I wrote a bestselling book on the topic, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, several years ago. It still has robust sales today. It obviously hit a nerve. …

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4 Essential Tools for Navigating Discouragement with Your Husband

4 Essential Tools for Navigating Discouragement with Your Husband

It comes in a text message or a phone call. It comes in the middle of the day or it can awaken you in the middle of sleep. It comes loud like a loud and jarring freight train but it can also come as the most deafening silence. “It” is that all-too-familiar feeling of discouragement,…

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