by Scott Ball | May 19, 2021 | Christian Life, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Values
Left to itself, the universe tends towards chaos. This is the fundamental truth behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics. A rolling ball will lose its energy until it stops. A rubber band will break or snap back rather than be infinitely stretched. And a church that...
by Scott Ball | Apr 14, 2021 | Church Consulting, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Podcast, Strategic Planning, Vision
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 85 At its core, good church strategic planning is not an event—it is a process of continuous improvement. Most churches fail to make plans. Or, at best, they will put ideas on paper but fail to follow through. The tyranny...
by Scott Ball | Mar 17, 2021 | Christian Life, Church Consulting, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Culture, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Podcast, Strategic Planning, Vision
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 81 Before leprechauns, parades, green beer, and four-leaf clovers, there was a faithful Christian leader who ushered in a second-era of church planting that wouldn’t be seen again for centuries. The real Saint Patrick’s...
by Scott Ball | Mar 1, 2021 | Church Consulting, Church Growth, Culture, First Impressions, Sunday Secret Shopper
The way you treat guests is a reflection of your practical theology. It’s true. One of the Bible’s deepest values is hospitality, and so if your church is aiming to be Biblical… your church must value hospitality, too! “No one greeted...
by Scott Ball | Feb 24, 2021 | Christian Life, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Leadership, Multi-Ethnic Church, Podcast
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 78 A young teenage daughter sat in the back seat of her parents’ car parked in a parking lot, as protestors in the street marched by. They were protesting a recent case in their city that had received national news...
