Tweet And without faith it is impossible to please God… Hebrews 11:6 We live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we have no power to face this…
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Tweet Recently I was asked to speak to a local youth leadership program on — well, it makes sense — leadership. That’s what they are attempting to learn. I’ve led…
Tweet Discerning a call to vocational ministry can be a tiring and trying experience. I’ve had the privilege of speaking with numerous young people and couples who are possibly experiencing…
I love and encourage dreaming, because I think it’s healthy emotionally and the process helps us accomplish great things personally and for God. We are told we serve a big, creative God, whose thoughts will always be bigger and better than ours, so dreaming should be natural to believers. Dreaming stretches the vision of churches and organizations, it fuels creativity, and many great opportunities develop first as a dream.
The reality is that more people have dreams than attain them. Perhaps you have dreams you have yet to accomplish. I certainly do. One reason dreams never come true is that we don’t have a system in place to work towards them. I love to be an encourager for people with great dreams, so with that in mind, here are some steps to help you move towards reaching your dreams:
Tweet Tom Cheyney and I will be hosting a pre-conference Revitalization lab at Exponential East this year entitled: Finding New Life for an Old Church. Tom and I were talking…
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:
Tweet A few years ago I was running in Philadelphia. It is one of my favorite cities in which to run. I love the Fairmount Park System, because I can…
Tweet This is a guest post by my friend Thom S. Rainer. I have a great love for local congregations. To be sure, I’ve never been in a perfect church….
Tweet One disappointment I have had in ministry is watching people come to church, get excited for a time, then disappear. You spend energy and heart on people, grow to…
Tweet I’ve planted two churches. In each plant, God overwhelmed us continually with what He did among us. I feel humbled and blessed to be a part of such healthy…