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Volunteer steps

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Calvary Austin, congregation, effective, Leadership Network, lean, staffs, volunteer-centered, volunteer-led

July 1, 2010 at 4:38 pm.

With the recent economic downturn, some churches are closing their doors due to

When attendance drops

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analysis, attendance, case study, church, congregation, data, down, methodology, Outreach, statistically, systematic

June 3, 2010 at 11:50 am.

Case study on church attendance suggests a systematic methodology that takes time and effort, but will produce a more reliable conclusion.

‘The Church Doctor’ has some strong medicine for congregations

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change, Christian, church, Church Doctor Ministries, community, congregation, consultant, executive pastor, God, lead, leaders, LEADERSHIP, manage, ministry, Operations, organization, pastor, serve

April 1, 2010 at 10:23 am.

Kent Hunter leads Church Doctor Ministries from Corunna, IN, and has become known as The Church Doctor for his 35 years of consulting with churches and training consultants throughout the U.S.

Seismic change is coming to the church in a new demography

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church, Communication, congregation, cultural, demography, LEADERSHIP, management, metropolitan, population, research, statistics, The Brookings Institution, trends

January 1, 2010 at 1:57 pm.

In 1988 General Motors started an aggressive advertising campaign aimed at lowering the average age of Oldsmobile buyers. The ad theme, “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile,” did not work. The slogan not only alienated loyalists, it did not attract the next generation. The brand that represented respectable middle-class achievement in the 1960s and 1970s lost to the “cool factor” of the 1980s and 1990s.

When being an unbeliever qualifies you for a church job

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church, Church Growth, Communication, consulting, LEADERSHIP, management, mystery shopper, visitor

October 1, 2009 at 11:18 am.

“Get Paid to Go to Church.” This headline appears in classified ads all over Missouri, and it’s catching the attention of unchurched individuals everywhere. It’s not a gimmick or a scam. It’s a mystery visitor program designed to provide feedback to church leaders on how their worship services are experienced by first-time visitors.

A gentle revolution arises among the ‘New Elders’ in the church

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aging, Communication, community, congregation, elders, LEADERSHIP, management, revitalize

July 1, 2009 at 11:27 am.

You’ve heard of the 10/40 Window, an area of the world with great poverty and the largest population of non-Christians, extending 10 to 40 degrees from the equator across North Africa to China. But there is another window opening on the world, one that many in the church have grown so accustomed to, we don’t even think of its being there. It’s the 40/50 Window.

Why churches don’t grow: Reasons might be you and your church

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June 1, 2009 at 10:43 am.

Healthy organisms grow. Healthy people grow, healthy animals grow, healthy trees grow, healthy plants grow and healthy churches grow. It is a characteristic that God supernaturally breathed into all living things. And the body of Christ — the local church — is a living thing.