Moral failure of a church staff member. “When our associate pastor confessed to his affairs and left his family, our entire church was devastated. It was over a year before we began to recover; I have really been involved in grief ministry with his failure and departure.” Funeral of a child or teenager. “I have […]

They do not want to do ministry alone. Not only do they recognize the value of together facing struggles, but they also understand the strength of collective wisdom. Indeed, many argue that leading a church without a plurality of leaders is unbiblical. Whether in a local church or on the mission field, they want to […]

I was a seventeen-year-old kid with no religious affiliation who just wanted to see Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ. I didn’t realize I’d have…

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I didn’t become a Christian out of my fear of hell—but in spite of it. When I believed at 21, it was after being overcome…

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Church growth ratios are a reference tool to aid in ministry action plans. Ratios are broad guidelines describing general characteristics that healthy, growing churches will exhibit. The Bonsai Theory or 80% Rule The 80% Rule observes that churches will grow to fill their available space. Ken Hemphill coined the term “Bonsai Theory” to illustrate this […]

We just returned from the second annual Citipointe Conference where we were invited to speak. Our sermon topic was: God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – God of the living and God of the generations. We ministered to several hundred gathered at the conference on how to transfer our Christian faith and Pentecostal experience to […]