The report was released on February 14, 2011 from the National Council of Churches, USA that repeated the sad news we have heard for several years—many churches continue to experience decline.
THE REPORT OF DECLINE
Here are some of the stats:
Southern Baptist Convention DECLINE .42% United Methodist Church DECLINE 1.01% Evangelical Lutheran Church [...]
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In the introductory article to this series I mentioned several measurable factors as related to the overall health and culture of a church, one of which was functional or effective structures. In the series I am discussing [...]
In the introductory article to this series I mentioned several measurable factors as related to the overall health and culture of a church, one of which was functional or effective structures. In the series I am discussing eleven elements that make up the functional structures of a church:
Constitution and Bylaws Branding and community identity Personnel [...]
The dawn of the 21st century brought a focus on organizational culture to the point that it is a recognized professional discipline. There was even a focus on church culture in the presidential election cycle of 2008 as the question continues to circulate, “Can a person be in a church for many years without [...]
This is the last in the Simple Discipleship blog series from John G. Miller’s book Outstanding and may be among the most pressing concerns of the church today. Look up synonyms for the word “stagnate” and you will find the words “fester,” “rot,” and “decline.” These are not words we want to associate with any [...]
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) will meet in Orlando, FL in June 2010 to receive a report and act on recommendations of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force (GCRTF) appointed at the 2009 annual meeting of the SBC. I have read the report and recommendations that will be presented and largely support them. Some of [...]
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD OF A SAMPLE DISCIPLESHIP PLAN FROM SIMPLE DISCIPLESHIP. Click Here—> “DISCIPLESHIP PLAN“ Alan Melton and Paul Dean hit a homerun with their book and supporting materials under the title Disciple Like Jesus. When I wrote Simple Discipleship, I had not become familiar with Disciple Like Jesus [...]
We live at a time of superficiality in virtually every arena of life today from politics to economic and from philosophy to religion. At this time people seem to care less about substantive beliefs and more about shallow temporary things. Many pastors get the impression that Christians have little concern about fundamental beliefs, considering that [...]
The key word for this article is “process.” Prior to the twentieth-century, churches saturated their ministries with discipleship rather than treating it as a separate entity. Worship, music, prayer, Bible study, fellowship, and so on, were recognized as being a part of discipleship. A paradigm shift occurred in the twentieth-century when many churches adopted [...]
Many church and ministry leaders are familiar with the usually dreaded process of developing a strategy plan. Some leaders suffered through the great effort of developing a strategy plan about every five years—organizational analysis, SWOT analysis, demographic studies, visioneering, mission development, and constructing of goals as action steps. The usual result of all of the [...]
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