Posts Tagged ‘future church’
5 Signs Your Church Isn’t Ready For the Future
It’s a tough question to answer: so, is your church ready for the future? A lot of the time, I’m afraid the answer is no. Culture is changing so rapidly that’s it’s hard for anyone to keep up. Ask people what’s changing faster, the culture or the church, and pretty much everyone will tell you…
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7 Things That Will Drive Future Church Growth
You got into church leadership because you wanted to introduce people to Jesus. That’s pretty much how all of us begin, isn’t it? And yet every year, it seems to get harder to reach people. It’s not for lack of effort. Most church leaders try hard, pray hard and do their very best to advance…
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How and Why the Future Church Can Thrive
Need some hope? It’s easy to get discouraged about the future of the church. While the world seems to be falling apart, so does the church. Attendance in many places is shrinking, not growing. Even committed Christians are attending less often (here’s why). And young leaders aren’t exactly flocking into ministry. And often we shoot…
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What You Never Know You Miss By Skipping Sunday Morning
Today’s post is a guest post by my executive assistant, Sarah Piercy, who in addition to working with me for the last 10 years, is a wife and young mom. She wrote this piece for our church blog, and, well, it was too compelling not to share it with you here. In particular, I love…
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10 Questions About Future Church Attendance No One Really Knows How to Answer
Talk to any church leader, and they’ll tell you it feels harder than ever to get people to come to church on a Sunday. Even in growing churches (like ours), the competition for peoples’ time, attention and devotion seems to get more intense every year. You’ve felt it too. So what’s up? And where is…
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