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This is a post that I co-wrote with Ed Stetzer regarding our "Listening Call" with Lausanne Movement leaders from across North America. As part of…
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Here are the last three shifts that need to take place in order to transition a country club church to a commissioned church. (Find original article…
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This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Recently I had a two-part series (on The Exchange) describing features of a church being…
Continue reading → From a Country Club to a Commissioned Church—PT 1
Here's the conclusion to the four part series on undermining revitalization. An Alternate Ending I read an article once that revealed how the endings of Star…
I'm continuing my series of undermining revitalization. The following are the last two ways leaders undermine churches turning around. Third, these leaders believe the cost…
Most have heard the leadership adage “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” With regards to church revitalization, this concept couldn’t be more accurate. If a…
Imagine you have spent your entire life enslaved. Freedom seems unattainable, and hope is scarce. However, one day a strange man—a fugitive from Egypt—shows up…
It is not uncommon for a church to need change. In fact, the corporate church body is like individual believers. Individual believers need constant change.…
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