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Tag Archives: church growth
10 Stupid Things that Keep a Church from Growing
I read a review of this book — not yet released — and thought the partial list offered in the review worth mentioning — * “Trying to do it all.” A comical quote at the bottom of the chapter page cleverly … Continue reading
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Churches of Christ in Decline? “Good News and Bad News” (revised)
Dr. Flavil Yeakley, long the unofficial chief statistician of the Churches of Christ, has just published a booklet called “Good News and Bad News: A Realistic Assessment of the Churches of Christ in the United States 2008.” It can be … Continue reading
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Tagged All, church growth, Churches of Christ, Flavil Yeakley
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Church Growth: Serving the Community
Here’s a fascinating statistic from chapter 5 of Beyond Megachurch Myths — 21% of megachurch members volunteer weekly in community service. Ten percent of megachurches have over half their members active in community service on a weekly basis! Wow! Plainly, … Continue reading
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Church Growth: An Equipping Ministry
One of the most difficult tasks of any leader is training additional leaders. After all, leaders are busy, and taking the time to train someone else is not immediately productive. It takes time — often years — for the person … Continue reading
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Tagged All, beyond megachurch myths, boards that make a difference, carver leadership model, church growth, church growth movement, Churches of Christ, dave travis, equipping, john carver, megachurches, mentoring, preachers, scott thumma, servant leadership
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