TOM'S BLOG
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Why do so many worshippers disengage from our worship formats as they are practiced today? If you speak to various generations of church worshippers today it will not take long to discover that there ...
The following article on scaffolding members is based on a section in the upcoming book Pastoral Helmsmenship: A Pastor’s Guide to Church Administration. When taking a pastorate with the intention of ...
2 Timothy 1:7
The word paradigm comes from the Greek word paradigma, which means a framework of thoug...
I want to talk about surviving the storms in church revitalization and renewal. If you are going to work in the field of church revitalization you will often be facing various squalls, tempest, gale w...
A number of recent articles suggest that long-tenured pastors are not the most effective revitalization leaders, which may generally be true. My advice to the long-tenured revitalizer is – don’t liste...
Part III: Doctrinal issues that may (or may not) be a problem
In 1994, I was a part of a church planting “probe” in Santa Maria, California. As our group went door to door, we asked, “What comes to
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Part II: Failed strategies for growth
Dr. Rodney Harrison
In this article, I will identify and comment on several failed strategies used by church leaders to bring growth to a plateaued or declining...
In this post, Dr. Rodney Harrison, Director of Doctoral Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO will be discussing why people are leaving our churches. Dr. Harrison has led...
Become Less Isolated and Be More Integrated with Your Volunteers
Church Revitalizers work towards increasing collaboration with volunteers. Successful revitalizers know that their success is highly d...
Become Impassioned Pioneers of New Possibilities
Church Revitalizers must become impassioned pioneers of new possibilities. One needs to release their passionate quest of excellence in order to cha
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Become Impassioned Pioneers of New Possibilities
Church Revitalizers must become impassioned pioneers of new possibilities. One needs to release their passionate quest of excellence in order to chall...
An Opportunity for a New Beginning
New things give us an occasion to start over. Wise revitalizers challenge their churches early in the New Year to see a compelling vision of what the church could b...
