For a moment, suspend everything you think you know about doing and being church. Pretend, for argument’s sake, that you’ve been transported back to the first century … even before that birthday of the birthday of the church. As of this moment, there is nothing that “looks like” church. There are no traditions, no creeds, [...]
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Church Growth and Transformation
1
Jul
(Deu 10:19) You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I heard a great sermon the other day that spoke about our strangeness. God reminds the Hebrews that they’re to love the stranger because they were once strangers. As members of the church, we often forget who the [...]
Tags: church growth, church leadership, church transformation, evangelism, Mission
26
Jun
Churches and church leaders committed to becoming missional must build on five principles. The first, modeling the Christian faith was covered in a previous post. The second pillar of the missional church is, probably unsurprisingly, embracing the church’s mission. The creation of mission statements really came into its own a couple of decades ago. Since [...]
Tags: church growth, church leadership, Mission, transformation
25
Mar
The 21st Century Strategies Advanced Leadership Forum recently posted the following YouTube video. It does sound so simple. The question is, as always, “How?” How do you get a church that’s mired in institutionalism, ordained clergyism, invitational evangelism, and Hobby-based Christianity, to suddenly stop asking WIIFM and head out the doors of the church building [...]
Tags: church transformation, culture, declining church, Mission, revitalization, transformation
1
Feb
From the beginning of 21st Century Strategies, a long, long time ago, we’ve had one driving value: help transform churches. We suspect that pretty much all our readers understand that one of the ways we do that is by offering professional consultation services, church leadership coaching, and congregational training. What many folks may not realize [...]
Tags: church growth, church transformation, consultations, discipleship, DNA, Follow-up, Mission
12
Aug
It’s said that the average leader spends 80 percent of their time doing little that will further their mission. That means that the important stuff gets short shrift by a bunch. What would happen if the average leader spent 80 percent of their time on the real important stuff … on those tasks that would [...]
Tags: church leadership, Mission
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