If you’re a church leader, you need to spend intentional time with a senior adult – or with a lot of them. Even a monthly lunch and conversation will pay dividends in your ministry. Here’s why you need to prioritize this time:
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When a guest pulls into the parking lot of your church this Sunday morning, what do they experience first – and what does that experience teach them about Jesus?
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For many churches, the ABCs of success are attendance, buildings and cash. While these are the easiest things to measure, pastors know they aren’t the best. There has to be a better way to measure discipleship success.
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Churches do not usually burn people out because they care too little about ministry. More often, they burn people out because they care too little about process. The problem is not always the people. The problem is often the pathway. When churches exhaust people, they blame the situation rather than the process.
For many churches, the ABCs of success are attendance, buildings and cash. While these are the easiest things to measure, pastors know they aren’t the best. There has to be a better way to measure discipleship success.
When I heard the words “spontaneous baptism” on December 15, 2020, I was caught off guard. For the previous 10 months, my nightly routine had been to sit silently for one to two hours on my porch alone in the presence of God. Before that moment, I hadn’t heard anything from God during my time on the porch. What caught me off guard was the timing.
