Teaching churches to count what matters most
October 13, 2025
But aren’t there more important things to count that look at the vitality and vibrancy of a congregation?
George Bullard
Who sinned during the lost years of congregations?
October 5, 2025
I saw the signs of future sin way before we entered the lost years of the congregation my family helped launch when I was in high school. It was certainly not intentional sin. It was all unintentional. We caught it before it became an ongoing sinful practice.
Management years of congregations and the need for God’s empowering vision
September 13, 2025
As I sat across the desk from the pastor, I heard him describe a congregation with many great qualities. But they had no idea about where they were headed, much less what God’s empowering vision might be for their next seven years.
The maturing years of congregations can be treacherous
September 3, 2025
If I ask you about your teenage years, you might tell me you were the perfect adolescent. If so, I know you also lie about other things.
The multiplying years of congregations are about more than growth
August 20, 2025
You can help new congregations succeed beyond their first generation by supporting them during two critical early stages.
Engaging the lost years of congregations
August 4, 2025
Interventions may occur during pastor transitions, strategic planning efforts or the construction of a new building. Otherwise, the underlying, less visible issues of the life cycle of congregations are ineffectively addressed.
‘Come-to,’ ‘go-to’ or ‘abide-with’ associations
July 21, 2025
An association ideally functions like a family of congregations collaborating on God’s mission within their context. This reduces the necessity to invite people to a building.
In 2033 the improbable became true through Baptist associations
July 5, 2025
It is 2033. Enrique Hernandez, associational mission strategist for the Southwest Baptist Association, attended a conference for associational leaders. Returning home, he felt excited, motivated
How to celebrate ‘Kingdom progress’ in 2032
June 8, 2025
If your association catches a vision for imagining itself in the lead missional role in the denomination by the year 2033, you will be proactively different.
‘Launch next’ with 6 years of missional engagement
May 28, 2025
Now is the time to give your associational context something to talk about — but not like the song popularized by singer Bonnie Raitt that talks about romantic love.
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