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GILBERT-ISTAN

church, Gilbert, homes, illegal, law, ordinance, services

June 3, 2010 at 3:11 pm.

A church of seven adult members is told by its city that it’s illegal to hold religious services in their own homes. Golly, shades of Uzbekistan. In the same week we learned that the country of Uzbekistan levied massive fines on Baptists for meeting without a license and the town of Gilbert (AZ) banned church meetings in the homes of its residents.

In the same week we learned that the country of Uzbekistan levied massive fines on Baptists for meeting without a license and the town of Gilbert (AZ) banned church meetings in the homes of its residents.

Meet Larry Osborne

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congregation, Larry Osborne, lead, LEADERSHIP, manage, North Coast Church, pastor, staff, Sticky Church, Sticky Teams, team, unity

June 3, 2010 at 2:48 pm.

Larry Osborne says he grew up in a rather legalistic church and that it tended to confuse American values with Biblical values. “Frankly, it turned me off to both God and the church. But by my senior year in high school, through the influence of my parents — who are amazingly godly people without a trace of legalism — and my youth pastor — who is now my Executive Pastor — I came to Christ.

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.

New ministry ideas

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authority, church, data, effectiveness, faithful, lead, ministry

June 3, 2010 at 11:30 am.

Excessive focus on numbers can obscure other issues that relate to the future faithful ministry of the church. Do you have a working system to facilitate assimilating people into small groups or areas of service?

Church bodies exposed

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church, church planting, Columbia Partnership, congregations, decline, denomination, George Bullard, lead, manage

May 1, 2010 at 9:28 am.

There’s the old saw that denominations exist today only because of real estate and pension plans. I heard that said 15 years ago and sure, it’s an overstatement, but it makes a relevant point.

Meet Mel Lawrenz

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church, Elmbrook Church, LEADERSHIP, management, media, Mel Lawrenz, ministry, MULTI-SITE, pastor, pastorate, TECHNOLOGY

May 1, 2010 at 8:44 am.

Mel Lawrenz is leaving the active pastorate of a congregation and taking up the “pastorate” — creative director to be more precise — of a multi-dimensional media ministry called The Brook Network. “After 30 years of being a pastor at Elmbrook Church, the past 10 as senior pastor, I am enthused to be moving into a new role in which I will be seeking to help resource church leaders here in the U.S. and internationally with many of the things we have learned over the years.”

How to recruit talent

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attract, benefits, church, Human Resources, incentives, LEADERSHIP, management, recruit, retain, staff

April 25, 2010 at 8:45 am.

Effective and gifted employees are essential to a growing church or ministry. Their services impact ministries and their communities. By offering long-term incentives, churches will have better employee retention. Other than traditional benefits, there are additional programs that keep ministerial staff engaged over the years.

The ‘Fantastic Four’

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change, church, control, Dr. Bob Whitesel, lead, LEADERSHIP, manage, management, ministry, organization, understand

April 24, 2010 at 3:24 pm.

I have found that managing change is a daunting task for church leaders. Regrettably, in most seminaries managing change is not taught. Yet in my work I have discovered that the process is not so mysterious or unexamined.

‘The Church Doctor’ has some strong medicine for congregations

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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.

MEGA THINKING

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April 1, 2010 at 8:17 am.

When 120 executive pastors and pastors met in February for David Fletcher’s 2010 XP-Seminar — more than half present there for the first time — the topic of the hour was the national economy and the hits that churches have taken in their budgets, building plans and outreach.