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Stop Manipulating Your Church (Part 1)
In recent years, conversations abound around what it means to be a non-anxious presence in organizations overwhelmed by supersonic, global change. We need more non-anxious church leaders.
We also need to talk about being a non-manipulative presence.
In Praise of Small Preaching
In the world of sports, the marginal gains theory has received widespread acceptance. The doctrine of marginal gains suggests that once a baseline of performance is established, additional gains become increasingly difficult to accomplish. However, by making tiny improvements across multiple areas, the cumulative gains have an exponential effect. The same is true for preaching.
We Are All Pentecostals
When the Holy Spirit descended on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2), the church was formed in power. This Pentecost Sunday, let's remember that all believers and churches are full of the Spirit's power.
Killing the Noonday Demon
If someone told you there would be a demon knocking on your door today, what would you do? What would you say? How would you feel? Maybe you’d want to know what they look like? Perhaps you’d like to know when they’re going to show up?
If you know what he looks like and when he’ll show up, then the next step is knowing how to kill him.
10 Steps To Creating A Church Planting Prospectus (That People Will Actually Read)
Putting convictions, vision, and structures down on paper has a way of unifying and building a shared vision amongst your core team. Here’s how to do it.
How to Plant a Church, Not a Service
How are you to plant a church instead of just planting a service? And, the reason that I want to answer this is that I think a lot of pastors go into church planting, but really their heart is that they just want to put together a really good worship service.