by Scott Ball | Nov 4, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Disciple Making, Great Commission, Podcast
Church attendance is down–way down. For the first time in U.S. history, the majority of Americans rarely (if ever) attend a church. Even “regulars” attend church less frequently. But you didn’t need me to throw a statistic at you. You...
by Scott Ball | Aug 16, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Evaluations, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Turnaround Pastors, Vision
Not everyone has the “right stuff.” We often tell our children that they can be anything they want to be, but this isn’t entirely true. It’s a nice sentiment, but it’s just false. At this point in life, my chances of being a professional...
by Scott Ball | Aug 5, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Leadership, Turnaround Pastors, Vision
The world is full of darkness. The endless news of violence, tragedy, and pain is enough to make a person never want to leave their house. We know that the world has been dark since the fall of mankind, but the darkness in our age feels even darker and more...
by Scott Ball | Aug 2, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Revitalization
No pastor enjoys standing in front of their church and humbly admitting their church is guilty of these “13 Deadly Sins of a Dying Church.” I once worked with a pastor who saw the proverbial “writing on the wall” after reviewing the results of...
by Scott Ball | Jul 2, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Disciple Making, Strategic Planning
Churches are great at filling the calendar. Most churches have no shortage of programs, events, and fellowships. Yet most churches somehow struggle to do the one thing Jesus commissioned us to do: make disciples. Declining churches assume that providing a variety of...
