It happened during an interview for a diagnostic consultation.
I was interviewing a public elementary school teacher who had recently been given an open door to ask how many students in her class had heard of Jesus. Of the 30 students in her class only 10 raised their hand. 20 of the 30 students […]

There seems to be a lot of noise in church these days. I am not writing about high sound levels in worship or the din of endless chit chat. When I say there is noise in church today, I am writing about the acrostic N.O.I.S.E. which stands for No Other Interests Shall […]

There seems to be a great deal of discussion these days regarding church government. Small committees, large committees, lots of committees, no committees; the dialog goes on and on.
Can a church function in a “no committee” environment? If the lead pastor makes critical church decisions, is the church headed for chaotic closure? Is a church […]

The Jesus Enterprise is great. I have a friend who started his own enterprise ministry. He lives in a small town where there is “nothing to do”. So he opened a family pizza place just down the street from his church. He hires teens from his church as servers. He trains them to know that […]