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ChurchInfluence.com is a FREE web tool that networks pastors with leading ministry experts to helping churches grow. The website’s algorithm analyzes church influence and reach within the community based on: (1) your survey results, (2) your local demographics and (3) leading ministry expertise combined with national church trends.

10 RULES for GROWING CHURCHES in AMERICA

10 RULES for GROWING CHURCHES in AMERICA

I provide you these ten rules of thumb as a starting point. You can then wisely discern how well and specifically they apply to your situation. Number of acres needed for church site: one acre for every 125 in attendance. This ratio is based on useable acres. That number is affected by zoning requirements, water …

CULTURAL INFLUENCE for the CHURCH

CULTURAL INFLUENCE for the CHURCH

I’ve heard it said that you don’t choose the books you read—great books choose you. In some peculiar way, I believe that is what happened in 1999 as I consumed Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey’s How now shall we live? Never before had I planned to read a 600-page, non-fiction book, but once I devoured …

Influence of the Primitive Church

Influence of the Primitive Church

Influence is a powerful thing. Every person both influences and is influenced by others in varying degrees. Jesus stressed the importance of godly influence when he compared his disciples to salt (Matt. 5:13). Paul also warned of the power of bad influence when he noted that “evil companionships corrupt good morals” (1 Cor. 15:33 ASV). …

IMPACTING SOCIETY THROUGH THE AREAS OF INFLUENCE

IMPACTING SOCIETY THROUGH THE AREAS OF INFLUENCE

THE CHURCH IN SOCIETY TODAY The Church should be seeking to influence and change society. Unfortunately the general perception of the church in the media is that it is irrelevant and dying with just a few old ladies attending. Church leaders are generally portrayed as being weird, old-fashioned and stupid. Yet the Bible tells us …