A Good but Atypical Service This church resulted when three dying congregations merged a quarter century ago, but with a worship team of teens brought in, today isn’t a normal gathering. I suspect it’s a more atypical church service...
Paul Teaches What to Do at a House Church Gathering What Scripture Teaches About Meeting Together Is Far Different Than Our Sunday Services We talked about three options for a house church gathering: duplicate a typical service, participate...
Does Going to Church Make You a Christian? The World’s Answer Doesn’t Align with the Truth I recently read an article about church attendance that vexed me. It came from a Christian magazine. It addressed going to church. The author claimed to...
How to Go to Church In my post “How to Be an Engaging Church” I shared from my book More Than 52 Churches. Now we’ll look at three tips on how to go to church. When going to church—whether as a visitor or a regular...
How to Be an Engaging Church The experiences I share in this book More Than 52 Churches are just that: my experiences. Other people will have different observations when visiting a church. I am an introvert, as is a slight majority of the...
What Is a Christian Cohort? Align with Other Believers to Build Ourselves Up and Serve Others In my post about spiritual mastermind groups I talked about the benefit of aligning ourselves with other like-minded followers of Jesus to walk with on...
We Need to Stop Interpreting Scripture Through the Lens of Our Practices The Bible should inform our actions, not justify our habits Christianity has its traditions and religious practices. We often persist in them with unexamined acceptance. And...
Come Back Twelve Times and See How Your Faith Grows: Reflecting on Church #51 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 #51. This mega church...
A False Assumption About Church Growth A Lesson in Reacting to the Unexpected In college I heard an account about a struggling church who hired a minister to help them grow. He was full of energy, enthusiasm, and ideas. In no time he connected...
My Next Book is about Online Church I’m doing research about online church for my next book about Online Church. I’ve also started writing, too, and am excited with what I have so far. If you you would like to share your thoughts with me...
