Beginning Your Board’s Leadership Together
Posted: February 12, 2017By Nathan Kirkpatrick Download the article Beginning Your Board’s Leadership Together
Read more →Ten Reasons Why Many Churches Aren’t Evangelistic
Posted:By Thom Rainer Eighteen months ago, I reported on a Twitter poll that asked why churches aren’t evangelistic. Since that time, I have followed up by asking the same question […]
Read more →Pack locally, impact globally
Posted: December 7, 2016By Sue Sprang ACME – “The church is now leaving the building… and the United States… via a shoebox,” said a post by Feast of Victory Lutheran Church member Abby […]
Read more →Celebrating ReformationLIVES
Posted:By Sue Sprang LANSING – With 2017 being the 500th anniversary of the onset of the Reformation, Lutherans across the globe are planning celebrations and events in observance of this […]
Read more →A new beginning for teen refugees
Posted:By Sue Sprang JACKSON – Faith in Action, a community outreach group in Jackson, has joined forces with Samaritas (formerly Lutheran Social Services of Michigan) to set up an Unaccompanied […]
Read more →Cooperative Ministry Spectrum
Posted:By David Sprang There are a variety of cooperative ministries. Download this spectrum to help visualize the various options. Process for Discernment: Listen to God – prayer and bible study Listen […]
Read more →Change and the Gift of Thanksgiving
Posted: December 4, 2016By Sue Sprang “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin Never fear. This […]
Read more →Five Things I Pray I Will Not Do as a Senior Adult in the Church
Posted:By Thom Rainer I received my first AARP material in the mail six years ago. I turned 61 years old two days ago. One of my sons says I am […]
Read more →Fundamentals of Renewing The Church
Posted:By David Sprang Congregations are either in a constant state of renewal or on a downward trajectory. The most common factor in a declining congregation is being inward focused. Here […]
Read more →The Most Common Factor in Declining Churches
Posted: October 31, 2016I am honored and humbled to be in a place where I get to hear from and study about thousands of churches. The leaders and congregants in those churches provide […]
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