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In this new online course from the Renovate Virtual Church Revitalization Conference we will deal with the top seven most critical issues facing declining churches. If you get these corrected you have...
As I wrote in my book, SPIN-OFF Churches (B&H Pub), we are living in a Starbucks culture while changing from a Folgers world!
Today what used to pass as an acceptable cup of coffee at McDonalds, has ...
After going through a devastating split with the church seven years ago, I've spent the last years rebuilding from scratch the core of the church. I think we've been very successful in realigning th
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A group of people from a local church approached me recently very concerned about the survivability of their congregation. As I listened, I heard them say that they only had fifteen active adults le
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Of all the many fears and excuses that Christians use for not winning souls, we will name what we believe to be the four big ones. In one sense these four fears are legitimate fears. For this reason, ...
Sometimes life forces us to seemingly start all over again. We start the Christmas Fund again this year. Many of us make plans to start working out again. As Pastors, we start this week’s sermon again...
“You don’t have to have all the answers, you just have to know where to find them.”
-Albert Einstein
 “Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died a at the age of a hundred and ten. And they bu...
Brainstorming with your staff can be fun. It can also be an opportunity to handle problems in a creative methodological way. Have you taken time to creatively brainstorm over a challenge you and your ...
It was a frustrating time for me in the spring of 2008. I had just been to the eye doctor and discovered my eyesight was continually getting worse. A few years earlier I had developed myopia—nearsight...
Every church revitalizer has individuals within their congregation that are at times abrasive to others within the church. Though these individuals are somewhat relationally out of step with the large...
Much has been written about the importance of vision, and rightly so. Without vision, one wanders around in darkness. That is why leaders, in an attempt to reinforce the power of vision frequently poi...
Once the local church has begun the process of church revitalization there are some key elements you will want to develop during the initiation stage of your revitalization efforts. Some of these wi
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