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Principles: 1. Pastors should remember the Church is not their Church, and they are under God’s leadership. 2. The Church is a gathering of people, not a place. 3. A false pastor is more concerned with growth in numbers rather than with the spiritual growth of their people. 4. Pastors who fail to call their …
Seven Cultural Characteristics of Growing Churches 1. They are Passionately in love with Jesus. • Set the Example. 1 Tim. 4:12 (NLT) – Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and …
Sadly, the church started going off the rails theologically, and after about a year and a half, we made the difficult decision to leave. Today that church is a self-titled “Progressive Christian Community.” Back then I had never heard of “Progressive Christianity,” and even now it is difficult to pin down what actually qualifies someone as …
8 DENIALS of a DYING CHURCH The problems will only worsen. Future generations are forsaken. Churches will miss opportunities for solutions. There is no urgency for change. Maintenance ministries engender frustration and conflict. Churches in denial are usually disobedient. Many of these churches will tolerate open and flagrant sin. The church will lose its best …
Church revitalization is a popular topic today, and that is appropriate. Various writers and researches estimate that between 70 and 90 percent of the churches in North America are plateaued or declining. The percentage varies from writer to writer, but, certainly, the majority of churches in North America are declining or dying. Robert Dale in …
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Have your numbers started to decline from year to year? Do you often look back to a point in the recent past as your peak? Have most of your ministries shifted to serving your members rather than the surrounding community? If so, your church may be showing signs of sickness. The good news is that …
So why is it that most churches never break the 200 attendance mark? It’s not: Desire. Most leaders I know want their church to reach more people. A lack of prayer. Many small church leaders are incredibly faithful in prayer. Love. Some of the people in smaller churches love people as authentically as anyone I know. Facility. Growth can …
