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The words “church” and “innovation” have been lumped together for quite some time. In fact, Ed Stetzer co-authored the book, 11 Innovations in the Local Church,…
Continue reading → Helping Churches Think through Innovation and Technology in Today’s Context
America is caught up (and has been for quite some time) in a culture war of the kind of nation it will be or become.…
Continue reading → When the Cultural Climate Gets Political How Does the Church Stay Missional?
This is Part 5 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. After looking at the previous four parts of church discipline…
Continue reading → The Individual’s Responsibility in Church Discipline
This is Part 4 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. Although church discipline is reserved for the shepherds of God's…
Continue reading → Church Discipline in a Christian Non-Profit?
This is Part 3 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. In Part 1, the practice of church discipline was grounded in…
Continue reading → The Pattern and Practice of Church Discipline
This is Part 2 of the Church Discipline series that I wrote with Ed Stetzer. As we noted in Part 1, God compares himself to a…
This is part 1 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. Church discipline. Those two words can bring a multitude of…
Continue reading → The Way of the Shepherd: The Biblical Foundation of Church and Church Discipline
My wife is a nurse, so she has a lot of experience in dealing with those in pain. She told me about the following chart…
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change—secularism, science, technology, communications, migration, generational differences, political pendulum swings, and more. Within this tornadic environment, the church…
Continue reading → There is a Balm in Gilead: A Missional Strategy for Churches in the 21st Century
A version of this article originally appeared on Outreachmagazine.com. I come from a small business family. Growing up my dad owned an industrial painting company…
Continue reading → The Power of Small: Leveraging the Advantages of a Small Church
Josh Laxton 