Sometimes, when you’re in the middle of a church renewal initiative, it can be difficult to measure the kind of impact you’re hoping to see. It often requires stepping back, taking a breath and prayerfully evaluating what God is doing.
While salvation is the same for all believers and heaven awaits them all, Scripture indicates that rewards will vary among believers. This distinction does not mean there are separate levels or divisions within heaven, as if some believers will inhabit one realm and others a different one, eternally separated.
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You may believe your church is friendly but would a guest agree? Chuck Lawless offers ways you can find the answer.
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We need more evangelistic preaching in our states. When the Gospel is preached, God’s people are both encouraged and trained to share the Gospel themselves, and lost people are confronted and convicted about their standing before God.
You can’t finesse your way through a sermon with polished appearance, warm people skills, or seminary credentials alone. In the moment of truth, your ability—or lack thereof—to teach and preach God’s Word reveals much about your calling.
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:
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?
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.
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.
While it is tempting to seek godly counsel before God’s counsel because of the immediate answers it offers, it is better for us to seek God’s counsel first because He knows His sheep best.
Some voices don’t just speak—they steer everything. From controlling information to dismissing others, these patterns quietly shape a church’s direction. Here are 15 warning signs every leader needs to recognize.
When convenience becomes central, something subtle begins to shift in the culture of a church.
Ministry provides us with a front-row seat to the full range of human experience. One week, you are standing in a sanctuary decorated with flowers, watching a young couple promise forever.
Over the years, I’ve studied churches that have done a good job not only of reaching people, but also of keeping them/assimilating them. Here are seven components of effective assimilation I’ve seen:
