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Mar

Why the Mainline is Shrinking …

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Leadership Development, Revitalizing Existing Churches

I have the good fortune to be working with a mainline pastor who gets it and is working hard on the transformation process at his church. After he read my blog on my frustrations as a consultant, he wrote me an email that contains the following questions (reprinted here with his express permission). “I was [...]

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11

Mar

Frustrations of a Church Consultant

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Leadership Development, Revitalizing Existing Churches

I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. Over the past several weeks I’ve been hither and yon across the country training church leaders in evangelism and church transformation. One would think with the way things are that leaders would be ready to hear what’s working. But by and large, that’s not the case. And the more [...]

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Tags: ARIS, believe vs. behavior, transformation

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