- 05/16/2010
Why Church Guests Return
There are a variety of reasons why a person visits a specific church. Once inside the doors however, what is it that keeps them coming back for more?
- 05/10/2010
Five Major Trends for Churches in America
Discerning future trends can be difficult if not risky. If we miss a trend, we risk missing opportunities because we had our resources directed elsewhere.
- 05/01/2010
Lost
Among nearly 80 million Millennials, only 12 million have personal relationships with Christ. That means 85% are lost. That means 68 million young people are lost.
- 04/28/2010
Lessons on Mentoring
The length of this commentary is not sufficient to highlight all the mistakes I have made in mentoring, but a few will suffice for now. I guess my most frequent mistake was just plain busyness.
- 04/25/2010
How Millennials View the Community
Millennials don’t ask what the community can do for the church; they ask what they can do for the community.
- 04/19/2010
The Friendliness Factor
Friendliness and evangelistic effectiveness tend to go together. When church members are truly excited about evangelism there is a natural friendliness toward non-Christians.
- 04/15/2010
What's in Your Small Group?
Perhaps you have seen or heard the credit card commercial that ends with the question, “What’s in your wallet?”
- 04/12/2010
Pastors and Time
Leadership gurus will tell you that a primary skill of an effective leader is the ability to manage time for maximum productivity.
1 comments - 04/09/2010
The Unhealthy Fellowship Called Koinonitis
If koinonia is healthy fellowship, then koinonitis is unhealthy fellowship.
- 04/04/2010
An Easter Revisited
I knew it was coming. But still the emotions of the moment overcame me. I was losing my dad, my best friend, and my hero.
- 04/01/2010
Seven Characteristics of Highly Evangelistic Christians
Sometimes we ask the question: What is my church doing to become more evangelistic? But the better question is: What am I doing to become more evangelistic?
- 03/28/2010
Hubris and Leadership
It’s easy to read a book about other leaders who became filled with self and led with hubris. But ...
- 01/28/2010
Hope and the American Church
We have the greatest Hope in the world. We have Jesus. But we know the story. Critics outnumber the messengers of hope.
- 12/14/2009
Established Churches, Leaders, and Confident Humility
Great leaders have moved from the struggles to an awakening of confidence that is compelling to followers. But that confidence is not in themselves, but in the God they serve.
- 12/04/2009
The Missing Metric
On a recent flight, I had the opportunity to sit next to a man who was the ideal conversationalist for me. First, he was not a Christian, but he was eager to hear from me about the gospel.
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