I’ve been thinking of the new ways we are going to measure the actual size of our churches. In a previous history, it was always membership. Then, wise church consultants realized many churches have people on the membership rolls who live in another state, they can’t locate, or might even be dead.
The next phase was […]

After working with a lot of churches over the last 30 years, I’m convinced that 95% of what most churches do is just fine. It’s the other 5% that makes 100% of the difference. But focusing on the 95% and recognizing what God is accomplishing in the church, focusing on core competencies and strengths of […]

Recently I received yet another e-mail challenging the integrity of my Christianity. The e-mail implied that if I’m a real Christian I’ll show God how much I love him by forwarding the message onto my friends. Really????
Seriously, have we come to the point where the whole of our Christian experience has been reduced to the […]