by admin | Sep 8, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Podcast
Persistent cough. Runny nose. Low-grade fever. These are symptoms, all of which can be treated. Got a cough? Take some cough syrup. Runny nose? Take an antihistamine. Low-grade fever? Take a Tylenol. Individually, none of these problems are all that concerning....
by admin | Sep 3, 2019 | Church Governance, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Podcast, Recruitment, Strategic Planning
Revitalization is difficult. It requires the church to embrace the need for change. It demands that the church confront its current reality. It means that the church finally rejects the status quo. The problem is that in many churches, revitalization is just one...
by admin | Sep 3, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Leadership, Podcast, Turnaround Pastors
Many congregations have embarked on a revitalization process only to find that the church was unwilling to change once the process began. This is an unfortunate truth and accounts for many church closures each year. Congregations must “count the...
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 A.J. Mathieu | Aug 12, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Disciple Making, Great Commission, Leadership, Turnaround Pastors
I had a conversation with a business consultant, a lay leader that contacted me on behalf of his church. He wanted to discuss how they could turn around after years of declining attendance. In the course of the conversation he mentioned a need to be more...
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...
