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Things Every Church Revitalizer Should Do in the New Year! Part I Jan 06, 2014

The beginning of a new year allows individual churches and individual Church Revitalizers the opportunity to rethink the previous years work and begin on a new note with renewed vigor and ample time o...

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Nine Ways To Create Momentum For Church Revitalization Dec 17, 2013

Legendary football coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant said, "Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's is easy to beat most ...

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Church Revitalizations Lessons from Nelson Mandela Dec 09, 2013

I was hanging out preparing to watch Carrie Underwood perform in a three-hour remake of the Sound of Music when it flashed across the television with Scott Pelly that Nelson Mandela had passed earlier...

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Building Momentum for Church Revitalization Dec 03, 2013

The race is about to begin! You are waiting at the starting line for the starter’s horn to sound and the sailing race to commence! The timer’s clock shows there is still twenty minutes to go before th...

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The Hope of Church Revitalization Nov 26, 2013

What is HOPE?

Hope defined by Webster’s II New College Dictionary, is “to wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.” Hope means the confidence to trust in your actions and reactions. Th...

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A Practical Prayer Plan for Church Revitalizers Nov 11, 2013

Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.  Ephesians 6:10-12

The most critical key to any church wo...

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Revitalizing Your Church When the Community Has No Growth Nov 04, 2013

Church Revitalizers are called to all sorts of locales in order to be used of God in church revitalization and renewal.  Some are called while there is still a faint flicker of fire left in the congre...

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The Titanic Syndrome: Thirty Reasons Intentional Transitional Interims Can Hurt a Church! Oct 22, 2013

Often referred to as the Titanic Syndrome, when something you think would be the best actually becomes the worse. Sometimes the blog you do not want to write is the one you must write.  This is the ca...

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Ways the Pastor and Staff Can Kill Church Renewal Oct 08, 2013

This is a sequel to my previous blog on Ways the Laity Can Kill a Church and is the opposite side of the coin when it comes to revitalizing declining churches. In the earlier blog I shared twenty or m...

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Ways Laity Can Kill A Church Oct 01, 2013

Almost every one working in Church Revitalization and Renewal has participated in a conversation of some sort discussing what can kill a church. Today I want to think upon some of the things laity wit...

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Missing: Brokenness Sep 29, 2013

This is a guest blog post by James A. Smith, Executive Editor of Florida Baptist Witness as posted in the Witness on February 20, 2013, used with permission. 

 

Evangelicals in America—including Flo...

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Reflections on 6 1/2 years of Church Revitalization Sep 05, 2013

This is a guest blog from Jason Cooper, lead pastor of The Church at Oak Level in Orlando, FL.

On August 25,  The Church at Oak Level celebrated its 3rd birthday.  In 2010, after leading a church thr...

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