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1. Make sure your commitment to daily prayer is greater than the enemy’s desire to prevent you from growing. That means constantly staying on your face before God and asking him for His anointing upon your life, your preaching, and your ministry. 2. Work harder and smarter than anyone else. Often people will ask me, …
Church planters and pastors have finally come around to the concept that there may be a place for social media in their ministry. But I still find that there remain a lot of myths about what social media can do for the ministry. Here are 5 social media myths we encounter in the order that …
Here are ten very possible reasons your church isn’t growing: 1. You’re In Conflict Ever been in someone’s home as a guest only to have your hosts start to argue with each other? It doesn’t happen that often, but the few times it’s happened when I’ve been around have made me want to run out …
1. Consumer Christianity Will Die Faster Than Ever 2. Cool Church Will Morph 3. Preachers Who Can’t Speak To The Unchurched Will Preach To A Shrinking Crowd 4. Preaching Will Fuse Both The Head And The Heart 5. Anonymity Will Continue To Give Way To Community 6. Engagement Will Become The New Attendance
1. Church Online Will Become An Advance, Not Just A Supplement To Or Replacement For Church 2. Preachers Will Preach Less Often 3. Experience Will Trump Content 4. Passion Will Beat Polish 5. Only The Most Engaged And The Curious Will Attend
Success is an interesting thing. Unless we clearly outline metrics and define what success actually looks like, it’s up to the eye of the beholder. So the programmatic rat race in most churches continues. Most churches merely exist to keep running their programs and services. They are not developing leaders intentionally and consistently. When leaders …
Ways to increase financial capacity for church planting Notes from Tasmanian Church Planting Conference elective, Joe Towns, 19 October 2016 on “Ways to increase financial capacity for church planting”: Church Planting involves money. It involves money before hand, during, and for some time after. This elective explores how we can get the church finances geared up …
1. Why are You Planting this Church? 2. What are You Reacting Against? 3. How Will You Make Disciples? 4. Who is Pastoring You? 5. Who am I?
Why plant new churches? One out of every two Louisiana residents surveyed indicated no “personal relationship” with Jesus Christ. That means over 2,244,000 people without Christ. Most new churches start with the sole purpose of reaching people without Christ. New churches open up new fronts on the spiritual & cultural needs in every community. “The single …