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Aug

The Smaller the Church, The Fewer the Christians

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

When last week’s Barna Report came out, the one that suggests that the smaller the church, the fewer the Christians, I suppose I wasn’t surprised, but I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to being dismayed. Although I’ve had a lot of experience with small membership churches during my years in the pastorate and as [...]

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18

Aug

Motivotional of the Week

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Adult Faith Formation, Leadership Development

Monday through Friday on www.HitchhikersGuideToEvangelism.com we provide a motivotional – a motivating devotional – to help our member churches stay focused on sharing their faith. This is Monday’s motivotional that was shot at Lake Tahoe last week. Click to Watch!

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14

Aug

Defining and Measuring Transformation

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Revitalizing Existing Churches

Over the years I’ve found that it can be both tempting and easy to get caught up in the nearly endless discussions around definitions and measurements. When it comes to church transformation in North America, this discussion too often opens as the trap of distraction. The distraction of definitions and measurements has provided far too [...]

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10

Aug

Of Coaches, Consultants, and Pooled Ignorance

Posted by Bill T-B  Published in Chatter

It happened again recently. I was in a large group of mainline church leaders who professed their interest in church transformation. We were all milling around the room waiting for the convener to launch the meeting and the conversation was pensive. Then the “transformational church leader” stood up, thanked us for coming, and said, “We’re [...]

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