by Aubrey Malphurs | Jun 26, 2015 | Church Growth, Church Revitalization
Any church revitalization should start with a church revitalization checklist. Preparation is key. To alleviate our fear of flying, the various airlines assure us that traveling in one of their aircraft is safer than driving to the airport in your car. As a ministry...
by A.J. Mathieu | Jun 6, 2015 | Church Growth, Strategic Planning
Statisticians generally agree that church attendance in America is on the decline. This issue remains challenging to understand, yet also carries just as many opinions on correcting it, as there are writers willing to confirm it. While views on church growth vary,...
by Scott Ball | Feb 11, 2015 | Church Growth, Church Health, Leadership, Student Ministry
Everywhere I go, I ask people when they came to faith and nearly everybody says before the age of 20. In fact, the research reinforces this anecdotal experience. In one study, it was found that 85% of Christians in America came to faith between the ages of four and...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Nov 19, 2014 | Church Growth
The warning light in my car came on. I couldn’t believe it. You’ve felt that emotion too. That moment when you look down and see the warning light on. Really!? “Why did this have to happen to me today?” I asked myself. As I pulled out of the...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Oct 14, 2014 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Leadership Development, Turnaround Pastors
Today Baker Books is releasing Re:Vision: The Key to Transforming Your Church – a book written by me (Aubrey Malphurs) and Gordon Penfold. I would like to use this opportunity to share about the book so the Christian public in general and lead pastors and staff...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Oct 6, 2014 | Church Growth, Church Planting, Turnaround Pastors
In past blogs, I’ve surfaced the problems Christ’s churches are facing in North America. We wanted you to get a feel for the problem. Now it’s time to move on and look at some solutions to our problems and how to re-envision our churches. We believe that we have a...