5 Reasons Charismatic Churches Are Growing
Think about how churches were just before the pandemic hit.
If you looked at almost any growing church led by younger leaders, it definitely trended...
Church Planting In the Urban Inner City
Written by: Deon Archer
Deon planted Redeeming Word Community Church in Humble, Texas. Prior to church planting, he spent 17 years serving in multiple capacities at...
Why We Have Been Discouraged from Putting a Stake In the Ground for Smaller...
The idiom, “stake in the ground,” has its origins where someone would claim ownership, responsibility, or priority. For example, tent dwellers would put stakes...
Living a Life of Transition
Written by: Monica Wilkinson
Monica Wilkinson is wife to David and mom to three teenagers. She serves as the women’s discipleship director at Cross Community Church...
The Art (and Science) of the First-time Guest Follow-up Phone Call
In previous posts, I talked about the importance of following up with first-time guests (FTGs), and seven ways to structure your follow up process. Today: the...
Church Planters Are Farmers, Not Rock Stars
Written by: Tony Merida
Tony Merida is the pastor for preaching and vision of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, executive vice president for Acts...
7 Steps to Structure Your Guest Follow Up Process
In a recent post, I talked about the importance of following up with first-time guests (FTGs). On either side of that process, there are often...
Prioritizing Evangelism
Written by: Mez McConnell
Mez McConnell is the senior pastor of Niddrie Community Church and co-director of Acts 29’s Church in Hard Places. He spent four...
9 Practical Ways to Increase Giving In Your Church
Giving to Kingdom work is a profound, life changing, and deeply personal process for each person in your church.
For every leader, it requires artful...
The Great Reset: 7 (real) Reasons People Still Aren’t Coming Back to Church
If you’re a pastor, you’ve been waiting for people to come back to church for a while now—a long while.
The initial assumption was that...