9 Things I’d Like to See Continue in Churches in the “New Normal”
Only God knows what the “new normal” is going to look like in churches…
Only God knows what the “new normal” is going to look like in churches…
Church growth writers talk about the bell-shaped curve that characterizes the growth of many churches. The left side of the bell curve is exciting (vision, outreach, growth, etc.), but the right side is challenging (nostalgia, decline, division, etc.).Based on my years of church consulting, here are some markers of churches on the downslope. Every church […]
Bethlehem Church in Bethlehem, Georgia and Cascade Hills Church in Columbus, Georgia are among the 34 Southern Baptist congregations listed with other evangelical churches that are the fastest growing and largest congregations in the nation. GOOGLE IMAGES/Special By Diana Chandler NASHVILLE (BP) — Thirty-four Southern Baptist congregations are among the fastest growing and largest evangelical […]
All of us have room for improvement, and none of us always gets everything right.
Many of today’s pastors are quite comfortable organizing special events and engaging in various types of entertainment to grow their church.
“As a pastor, I’m heartbroken for people in our community and our church.”
Seals and Hart, both in their seventies, have traveled the breadth and width of Georgia …
“This is God’s work, beyond what we can think of or do on our own.”
Here’s the reality. Sorry, self-absorbed and lazy Christians come in all shapes, sizes and colors and have a wide variety of preferences when it comes to the size of the church they choose to loiter in.
“About 90 percent of the time search committees are open to the training,” Braswell says.
The decision left many Georgia Baptist churches wondering how to respond to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state and are questioning how the decision might affect the church.