4 Things Women Want Their Elders to Know
I recently met with a group of women leaders from our church. There were several elder wives and deaconesses, the women’s ministry director, and...
3 Ways to Figure Out What to Do Next
Whether you’re making the next leap in your career, trying to decide what to have for dinner, or how to move the business forward,...
The Importance of Knowing Your “why”
Every organization has a vision behind why your organization exists, as well as what your big picture mission is. And when every member of...
Ten Signs That Your Church Members Think the Church Is a Country Club
When the preferences of the church members are greater than their passion for the gospel, the church is dying.
Paul describes biblical church membership well...
The Hopeful Futility of Tending God’s Garden
I love mowing my lawn. There’s a profound gratification that comes when the tall grass in front of me becomes short grass behind me....
Back to the Potter’s House
The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness (Lamentations 3:22-23).
Have you ever heard the expression, “Back to the Potter’s...
Is Any Sick Among You?
James 5:14,15:
Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with...
The High Calling of Christian Art
What is the role of art in the Church? That’s a loaded question. And I’m not claiming to mine the depths of that answer...
How to Create a “whole Church” Culture of Hospitality
There is a danger that lurks just beyond a healthy guest services team. You can invite the right volunteers to serve on the team, provide...
Prioritizing Rural Church Planting
“And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even...
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10 Ways to Tell You Are Slipping Spiritually
For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. (Hebrews...
12 Things That Tempt Men to Peruse Porn
As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...
Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann
We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...
