by Scott Ball | Sep 16, 2020 | Church Consulting, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Disciple Making, Small Groups
When the Covid crisis hit, every church made the pivot to online everything: online worship, online groups, online prayer. And while online services have primarily hit their stride (if your online worship is tanking, read this), small group ministries have struggled...
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 | 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...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Christian Life, Disciple Making, Great Commission
As I described in my last post Paul’s discipleship strategy was intense, personal and emotional. Please be sure to read the passage that was described in 1Thessalonians 2:1-19 before continuing. As I reflect on this passage, I notice 26 characteristics of...
