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 | 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...
by Scott Ball | Feb 17, 2021 | Church Consulting, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Podcast
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 77 We all want our churches to be healthy. We want them to bear fruit and be strong enough to hold out hope in a world that is seemingly turning against Christianity. But how healthy is your church? We all swap stories and...
by Scott Ball | Feb 7, 2021 | Church Consulting, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization
Contrary to what some believe, church revitalization is not the same as church growth. Yes, the church may (and should) grow under your leadership during a revitalization endeavor; however, the numerical growth of a church does not mean it is revitalized or healthy....
by Scott Ball | Feb 6, 2021 | Christian Life, Church Consulting, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Values
Church revitalization carries both challenges and joys. Revitalizing a declining or plateaued church challenges the congregation, provides opportunity for change and evaluation, and will inevitably cause some growing pains in the process. When looking to...