Expecting Revitalization: Showing Love
The Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 171 “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” –John 15:13…
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Advent: Peace
The Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 169 *This week’s episode of the podcast was written and recorded prior to the passing of Dr. Aubrey Malphurs.…
New Data: Religious Trends in America
The Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 166 It’s not news that the Church is declining in the United States and that fewer people are identifying…
How to Run a Men’s Ministry at Your Church
Men are at a crisis point in our society, and your church’s men’s ministry can stand in the gap. According to the Wall Street Journal,…
Keeping Your Church From a Slow Death
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…
Cultivate Individual Evangelism
3 Ways Your Church Can Cultivate Creative Individual Evangelism Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 82 In our Strategic Planning work with churches, we always start…
Reaching a Post-Christian World: 3 Evangelism Lessons from Saint Patrick
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…
The Church’s Competitive Advantage Around the Multi-Ethnic Conversation
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 78 A young teenage daughter sat in the back seat of her parents’ car parked in a parking lot, as…
Nine Vital Components of Church Revitalization
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…
A Theology of Hospitality: Say No to Bad Coffee
Good coffee matters, and so does your theology of hospitality. A few years ago, I was put in charge of making the coffee at my…