Category: Church Health
What Difference Does Emotional Intelligence Make?
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 87 Why write a book or offer a course on emotional intelligence? Is it really that important to the church…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Church Leaders Are the Problem
More than 80% of churches are plateaued or in decline, and church leaders are the problem. That’s harsh, but it’s the truth. We often hear…