Month: July 2008

  • why church?

    THE CHURCH exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became man for no other purpose – CS Lewis, Mere Christianity how about you? why…

  • measuring success

    How do you measure success in church? There has been a raging debate on how to measure success in church. A group of church growth specialists says that the way to measure success is through the number of people attending your church while another group says playing the numbers game is not a good measurement…

  • principles vs methods

    the purpose driven life campaign the G12 movement the laughter revival THE NEXT GREAT FAD OF CHURCH GROWTH WE PROMISE IT WOULD MAKE YOUR CHURCH GROW Does it really work? If we follow the latest fads or methods to church growth we might end up confused and frustrated. Methods are very subjective. it might work…

  • the heart of the volunteer

    – one of the things I love to brag about are our volunteers. They are some of the craziest, godliest people in the world.– Sunday was one of our biggest Sundays ever! More people means more work for our volunteers. It is just amazing how we don’t even hear or experience complains from our volunteers.–…

  • an hour and a half before service

    what goes through a pastor’s mind an hour and a half after service……. 1. will my preaching fly?2. who are the people attending?3. what are the needs of the people?4. how do i simplify my message one last time?5. volunteers? i love seeing them!!!!6. i hope worship will be great7. have to meet the production…