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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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The Big Warning Signs Your Church Bylaws Are Working Against You and Not for You

The Big Warning Signs Your Church Bylaws Are Working Against You and Not for You

Every church needs a good set of bylaws. Put simply, the bylaws are written legal documents establishing the governance of a church. Church polity and ecclesiology will have an impact on the contents of bylaws. The size and structure of a church will also affect bylaws. For example, multi-site churches will differ from single-site churches….

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