Church Vision isn’t Enough
Many churches go through a vision process. Hundreds of committee hours researching, praying, and formulating a vision statement, a mission statement, and purpose platitudes.
What I’ve discovered is that the church leadership LOVES the navel gazing. Leaning forward to examine their belly buttons: the inner workings of who they are and...
Scary Indicators: If You’re Not Connected to Your Community
What’s the biblical response to shrinking numbers? “Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 is quite a command! It’s saying “Connect to the Community!”
Church is like throwing a ministry banquet and, of course, we’re expecting our...