With a few exceptions, all churches were small at one time. They began with a handful of people and went forward from there. Some grew a great deal and are still expanding, some grew a little and leveled off, while some failed to grow at all. Read More
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With a few exceptions, all churches were small at one time. They began with a handful of people and went forward from there. Some grew a great deal and are still expanding, some grew a little and leveled off, while some failed to grow at all. Read More
With a few exceptions, all churches were small at one time. They began with a handful of people and went forward from there. Some grew a great deal and are still expanding, some grew a little and leveled off, while some failed to grow at all. Read More
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A lot of ministries begin with a bang, then explode with new growth. But after the initial growth, they plateau. I have heard this repeated, not hundreds, but thousands of times from pastors I've talked with over the years.
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A lot of ministries begin with a bang, then explode with new growth. But after the initial growth, they plateau. I have heard this repeated, not hundreds, but thousands of times from pastors I've talked with over the years.
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"We don't need more churches in this town," grumbles a leader at Central Church. "There are too many churches already." Maybe.
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On January 14, 2003, Pat Summitt reached a milestone few basketball coaches--male or female--could ever hope to achieve: She won the 800th game of her coaching career. At the time, the celebrated leader of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols was 50 years old.
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Every new church begins in the heart of God.
Every new venture is first a vision given by the Spirit of God to a man of God!
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Twenty Questions You Should Ask Yourself before Considering Starting a Church
1. Is my primary motivation for considering church planting a positive one (such as the glory of God and the salvation of people) and not dissatisfaction with my present situation?
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Crusades and personal witnessing are no longer the cutting edge of evangelism.
Fifty years ago, if you said evangelism in a word-association game, you would probably get back Billy Graham. Crusade evangelism dominated the American church's ideas about reaching out. When First Baptist Church members decided to share the gospel with their neighbors, they looked to see which evangelist could come to town.
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Everywhere I turn--whether the daily paper, television or periodicals--an endless dialogue on the increasing speed of change in our world assaults my eyes and ears. Even when I narrow the scope of my attention to the Christian world, I see and hear much the same thing. Church leaders talk incessantly about the need for something new within their congregation and as a consultant, I am often asked to assist in designing a related process.
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"We shouldn't be spending so much money starting new churches," a church officer grumbles. "If they'd just take that money and use it to revitalize our existing churches, we'd all be better off." Would we now?
