Challenging the Status Quo: How Churches Can Inspire Deep Change
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 86 By definition, the status quo is the current state of affairs. You may consider it a snapshot in time. …
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Church Strategic Planning: How to Create a Planning Rhythm
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…
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…
11 Church Hospitality Tips to Serve Guests
The way you treat guests is a reflection of your practical theology. It’s true. One of the Bible’s deepest values is hospitality, and so if…
The Power & Pitfalls of Metrics
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 77 We all want our churches to be healthy. We want them to bear fruit and be strong enough to…
Stop Training Your Leaders
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 76 You read that right. Stop training your leaders if you want to see better staff and volunteer performance. This…
Church Revitalization is not Church Growth
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…
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…