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Youth Ministry: A Needed Course Correction (at last!)

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Church Growth: Evangelism, Part 2

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Church Growth: Adaptability

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Church Growth: The Christian Chronicle’s Conclusion

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Upgrading a Church of Christ Worship Service Without Buying a Guitar

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Jay F Guin

Under the guidance of our present worship minister, things have gotten pretty good. I know this is true because — * No one is complaining much about the worship, * The numbers are up, and * Some people wish the … Continue reading →

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Church Growth: Worship

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Wineskins is Free At Last!

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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Church Growth: The Crowd

Posted on January 5, 2008 by Jay F Guin

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 →

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