Calling out the called one congregation at a time
August 11, 2026
Have altar calls asking people to publicly declare they feel God is calling them into vocational Christian service ran their course?
George Bullard
Should your church help launch a new congregation?
August 8, 2026
Trip attended a denominational meeting for deacons where a speaker urged every church to help launch a new congregation.
Congregations, let me give you something to talk about
August 6, 2026
Remember the romantic love Bonnie Raitt sang about in her 1991 recording: “Let’s give ’em something to talk about.” I want to give you something much better to talk about — love for the good news of Jesus.
Best missional actions are personal and Christlike
July 6, 2026
When your congregation chooses to reach out to its community context or the people groups God has called you to serve, from a Christ-centered faith perspective, you know your focus is to fulfill the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.
Soaring congregations have laypersons with a heartfelt visionary story
June 6, 2026
Are active laypersons in your congregation sufficiently captured by God’s empowering vision for your congregation that they can speak from their hearts with spiritual passion
More scattered congregations are soaring than gathered congregations
May 25, 2026
Philip, an engineer and devoted husband in a family of five that recently moved to town, scheduled a visit with Ryan, the lead pastor of Central congregation. Philip is interested in learning more about this congregation.
Are congregations spiritual organisms or religious organizations?
May 22, 2026
Is your congregation more like a living, ever-changing spiritual organism or a religious organization in danger of institutionalization? Your answer makes a tremendous long-term difference in the vitality and vibrancy of your congregation and its Christlike witness.
Soaring congregations focus more on being received rather than sent
April 27, 2026
Is the key message of the New Testament that we are sent? Or is it a deeper concept that we need to go locally and globally to communities and people groups so they might receive the gospel message?
Soaring congregations pivot to disciple-making
April 13, 2026
No one remembers how the debate started, but they remember what happened at the small group leaders annual retreat six years ago — a move toward a disciple-making approach that has made a transformational difference in the active engagement of maturing and serving disciples in Kingdom-focused ministry.
Soaring congregations are clear about who Jesus is
April 9, 2026
Carrie, a life group leader in her congregation, posed the following question during a weekly gathering of a couples life group: “If our congregation is seeking to soar with faith on a spiritual and strategic journey to reach its full Kingdom potential, is it more important for us to understand what Jesus did or who Jesus is?”
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