I am spending the week at a Stadia and the Church Coaching Solutions network presenting at their Church Planter Bootcamp in Nashville. Today, special guest presenter Ed Stezer shared his thoughts regarding the future trends of church planting in America. 1. Market share of people...
We are living in a time of momentous change in the Body of Christ. Some of it is great; some of it is not so great, but let me focus on what I think is positive.A recent poll of Southern Baptist pastors and laity found...
Here are four tips from Rick Warren on how to be a better listener....
Thanks for your writing about falling, Pastor. I love your kind and Pastoral heart on the matter. I can only imagine the stuff you need to hear and work through there in the office you hold, and it is so comforting to see (again) that...
I Fell; Confessions of a PreacherIt happened so suddenly! There was no warning. Everything was fine. I was doing everything I knew to do and yet, it happened. Down I went.No I am not talking about a moral failure. I was on a walk, working...
Every so often, I do a complete life re-evaluation. I look at my priorities, my schedule, and my energy-drainers, and try to realign to gain the greatest effectiveness and healthy. Sometimes I am involved in coaching another pastor on their life planning or ...
One of the desires we have for the Penn-Del District is to resource you. Of course, most of the time we are connecting you to existing resources of which you may not be aware. There's more out there than we often realize.Actually, there is quite...
Maybe many of you have already seen this data, but for those who have not--I thought I would pass this along. Leadership Network just released a study about current trends in church planting. There are some really encouraging facts stated here.First of all,...
Alan Hirsch in The Forgotten Ways says, "The major challenge to the viability of Christianity is not Buddhism...
Jeff, I join with Gerry in thanking you for posting the Hawkins video.An even scarier thought than that we are not meeting deeply felt needs is that American Christians seem themselves as little more than weekend church consumers.Here is a book review of "Shopping for...