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George Bullard

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‘Silver bullet plan’: Struggling churches tend to look for unrealistic solutions

November 20, 2023

I remember watching “The Lone Ranger” television program as a child. It began filming in 1949, and reruns are still on some television stations or streaming services. 

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Could a jubilee year be right for your church?

November 5, 2023

An associational missions strategist is having lunch with one of his most faithful pastors and closest friends in ministry. During their meal the strategist says, “Next year is the year your church needs to die.”

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Out of focus: Stumbling churches often lack vision

October 23, 2023

Several years ago, I stumbled while walking down the steps from my office on the second floor of my house. I was looking down and reading a paper I was holding. My feet got tangled, and I fell down the last seven steps.

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Why wise churches take sabbaticals

October 8, 2023

Professors get sabbaticals. Some pastors are granted sabbaticals or study leaves. Why not also allow them for churches?

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Strong churches vs. soaring churches … which is better?

September 25, 2023

Is it better for a church to be strong or soaring? Both are churches of great value to God. They approach the fulfillment of their mission and vision in unique ways…

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Church leadership and the ‘pipeline crisis’

September 10, 2023

At a gathering of pastors, the discussion turned to the leadership pipeline crisis. Specifically mentioned was the crisis of finding church staff but also the lack of church planters for new congregations or multisite campuses.

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Soaring churches pursue their full Kingdom potential

August 27, 2023

“Being a soaring church is an elusive identity. Far fewer churches are truly soaring with faith than the number that claim to be. It takes sustaining missional engagement to be a soaring church.”

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Why churches are ‘quiet quitting’ their Baptist associations

August 12, 2023

Is your church ‘quiet quitting’ your Baptist association?

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Nonnegotiable: Serving all congregations in associational ministry

July 30, 2023

“If you cannot serve all congregations, you give up your right to serve any congregation.” This was a wise word of advice from my best

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Baptist associations are like ‘The Loving Father’

July 16, 2023

What do you call the parable in Luke 15:11–32? The Prodigal Son? The Elder Son? The Lost Sons? The Loving Father?  Depending on your perspective

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