Reflecting on Church #5: Intrigued but Frustrated With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #5. A church growth buzzword is “seeker sensitive,”...
Reflecting on Church #4: Focusing on What Matters Most With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #4. A few years ago we visited this church...
Reflecting on Church #3: Pain is Real; Handle it Honestly With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #3. This church set a fine example in how...
Reflecting on Church #2: Size is the Enemy of Friendly With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #2. Visiting this church, a newer, accessible...
Reflecting on Church #1: Awkward and More Awkward With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I have the benefit of time to more fully reflect on the complete experience, starting with Church #1. Every week, it was hard for me to walk...
>What Time is Church? When my wife and I started our journey of visiting fifty-two churches in a year, one variable seemed trivial at first but had wide ramifications. That item was service times. With church starting times as early as 8 a.m. and...
Praying for Church One of the practices my wife and I followed when we visited 52 churches was to pray before we headed out the door. This seems simple enough and something we should have always done, but praying prior to church was a practice we...
A Contemporary Service (Visiting Church #52, part two) There’s a half hour span between the two services. As we wait, we recognize many people, waving “Hi” to some and enjoying meaningful conversation with others. Time passes quickly. The stage...
A Blended Service (Visiting Church #52, part one) The church has two services: a “blended” celebration, followed by a contemporary one. For their blended service, traditional organ music engulfs the space during the prelude, prompting...
A Megachurch (Visiting Church #51) I’ve heard much about this church, likely the largest in the area, and am guarded over having too high of expectations. It’s an adventure just getting inside, with a policeman directing traffic and a parking lot...
