When you think of large churches and megachurches, what comes to mind? Do you have a problem with megachurches? If there’s one thing I learned from writing about the church, it’s that some people hate them. With a passion. I try…
Chances are you didn’t get into leadership to see your church stop accomplishing its mission. One of the primary missions of the local church is to reach new people with Christ’s love, which, naturally, implies growth. But almost every church…
In an era in which everything is changing so fast, it can be really difficult to discern what’s next. That’s doubly true in church world. While the mission stays the same, the expression or model keeps changing. The dominant model…
It’s so hard not to do it. I’ve done it. Maybe you’ve also done it as a church leader. The problem? Thinking that the goal of your church is to reach everyone. It sounds appropriate. I get that. I mean…
It’s never been easier to avoid church, skip church, or exit church than it is today. And it has a lot of church leaders and Christians scrambling to figure out what’s happening, why church attendance is declining and what it…
So, are you really reaching unchurched people in your community? How would you know…for real? Just because a church is growing doesn’t mean it’s filling up with unchurched people. Hoping to reach unchurched people is one thing. Reaching the unchurched…
No matter how long you’ve been in leadership, it still hurts when people leave your church. It’s somewhat easy to understand people leaving when things are going poorly— when there’s conflict, division, or dysfunction. But what most leaders aren’t prepared…
No secret—church attendance has fallen on hard times in the last several decades. Churches are closing, and even growing churches see people attending less often. How do you know how to lead when everything seems to be shifting all at…
Today’s post is written by Tony Morgan, Founder of The UnStuck Group. It’s surprising, but, based on our data, about 80% of churches today are stuck or in decline. That’s bad enough, but the real question is, how do churches turn…
Everything has its season. And the season of the cool church is, in many ways, coming to an end. Recently, I wrote a post that generated a lot of discussion online and offline about why charismatic churches are growing and…
If you want to reach post-Christian, post-modern people—in other words, the next generation—how do you do it, effectively? Although you might not know it if you just perused social media, the majority of churches are plateaued or dying. And even…
It’s easy to believe that there will come a day when your church or organization will never struggle and you’ll never struggle as a leader. As tempting as that is to believe, it’s just not true. Every church struggles. And every leader…