We have entered my favorite time of the year, we call it the Holiday season. The word holiday is a derivative from two words: holy and days. We start our holy days with Thanksgiving, then celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas and conclude with a celebration of...
Music is the language of the soul. There is something about chords, harmonies, sounds and sync that seems to bring the soul together. The soul as we understand it is made up of our mind, will and emotion. The mind is a complicated series of thoughts, analytics,...
Creating Guest Culture The thing that blinds most churches from guest culture is “home culture.” Home culture assumes everyone knows everyone and knows how to get around the building. Therefore, things like directional signage is often ignored and the placement of...
As we all know, church health is more important than church growth because if you grow something that is not healthy, it can actually damage what is already healthy. A growth is something we cut off of our body, if it is not contributing to our body’s nutrients and...
How are you discipling your new converts? Too many churches put too much stock in the sinners prayer, and no follow-up or commitments are made after the prayer. We hear reports of how many prayed, but seldom see follow-up information on how many stayed. New convert...
WHY DO PEOPLE LEAVE CHURCHES? I realize that there are many reasons why people leave churches. It could simply be because they were led by the Holy Spirit to be part of another vision or ministry. It could also be that they have outgrown the type of spiritual...
