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Ron Edmondson

Encouragement to Take a Leap of Faith and Continue the Journey

By Devotional, Encouragement, Faith, Fear

God looked into Gideon’s heart and saw that he needed some encouragement for the task ahead. Gideon had already agreed to obey God. He had kept the three hundred men God had ordained for battle and sent the rest of the men home. Still, God must have seen fear in his heart, so God allowed Gideon to hear something, which gave him encouragement.

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5 Reasons a Church or Organization Stops Growing

By Church, Church Planting, Leadership

I was talking with a church recently that had explosive growth, but things have slowed. They wanted to know why they were not growing any longer.

I decided to share my quick answer here.

There are times where God is giving a season of rest and preparation or, in some situations, even taken His hand from the church. Outside the God factor, there are usually reasons for stagnation in an organization, including in a church. In fact, these may be true in the life of a person become stagnant also.

In my experience, the reasons are for getting stuck and halting growth include:

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