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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Youth Ministry: A Needed Course Correction (at last!)
Well, I’m excited about youth ministry for the first time in a long time. You see, I’ve been despondent over youth ministry, as I wrote sometime ago. But our two youth ministers (a married couple) met with the elders recently … Continue reading
Church Growth: Evangelism, Part 2
Interestingly, this month’s Christian Chronicle also contains an interview with Scott Thumma, the church growth researcher who is a co-author of Megachurch Myths. The article does not appear online, but is on page 25 of the January 2008 print edition. … Continue reading
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Church Growth: Evangelism, Part 1
As we said in the preceding post, the Christian Chronicle has listed three key strategies for church growth: adaptability, moderation, and evangelism. We discussed adaptability and moderation in the last two posts. This post is about evangelism. I’m thankful that … Continue reading
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Church Growth: Moderation
As we said in the preceding post, the Christian Chronicle has listed three key strategies for church growth: adaptability, moderation, and evangelism. We discussed adaptability in the previous post. This post is about moderation. And just to be clear: I … Continue reading
Church Growth: Adaptability
As we said in the preceding post, the Christian Chronicle has listed three key strategies for church growth: adaptability, moderation, and evangelism. By “adaptability” they mean if your congregation doesn’t reflect your community, either change to reflect your community or … Continue reading
Church Growth: The Christian Chronicle’s Conclusion
This month’s Christian Chronicle completes a series of articles on church growth in the Churches of Christ. It’s an excellent compendium of both what’s right and what’s wrong in how we do church. But you have to read between the … Continue reading
Upgrading a Church of Christ Worship Service Without Buying a Guitar
Under the guidance of our present worship minister, things have gotten pretty good. I know this is true because – * No is complaining much about the worship, * The numbers are up, and * Some people wish the service … Continue reading
Church Growth: Worship
Okay. For Churches of Christ, this is a touchy subject. But we get nowhere being in denial. It’s time to consider the impact of how we worship on church growth. According to the research of Thumma and Travis, the number … Continue reading
Wineskins is Free At Last!
Wineskins in now available for free at http://www.wineskins.org/! For those of you not familiar with this publication, it’s one of the few periodicals targeted to the progressive movement within the Churches of Christ. It was once a print magazine, but … Continue reading
Church Growth: The Crowd
The “Crowd” is a term likely coined by Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Church. Thumma and Travis find in their research that the way a church deals with the Crowd is likely the most telling characteristic of a megachurch. … Continue reading
