By Dean Hawk on Aug 3, 2023
based on 4 ratings
| 10,618 views
I’m curious. When and where did ministers first begin asking people to bow their heads, close their eyes, and secretly raise their hand in a church service if they wanted to accept Jesus? Why do we feel like we need to sneak people into heaven?
Tags:
By H.b. Charles, Jr. on Aug 6, 2019
Preaching is a public act of worship, but it’s also a spiritual battleground. Learn five essential ways to guard your heart as you step into the pulpit.
Tags:
By Thom Rainer on Oct 13, 2022
based on 2 ratings
| 37,566 views
"Words have meaning. And if church members start articulating words consistently, those words begin to reflect the priorities and passions of the church."
Tags:
By Lance Witt on Mar 11, 2021
based on 4 ratings
| 20,824 views
In my ministry Replenish, I am often asked “how do you know if a church is healthy”? What I know for sure is that the size of a church or it’s rate of growth or what happens on the platform in a weekend worship service is NOT a sure-fire indicator of health.
Tags:
By Lance Witt on May 31, 2022
based on 1 rating
| 13,625 views
“Sometimes as a worship pastor,” he said, “I feel like a dancing bear. It’s my job to get up and perform for the crowd, and as long as the performance is good, everyone is happy. Except me. Something is missing and I don’t know what to do.”
Tags:
By SermonCentral .com on Apr 19, 2021
based on 5 ratings
| 18,349 views
Where are all the great small churches?
Would you know one if you saw one?
They exist. There’s no doubt about that. There are great small churches in every country, serving every ethnic group and in virtually every language. They worship in every imaginable liturgical style and they meet in every type of building – including no building at all.
Tags:
By Ed Stetzer on Apr 15, 2024
based on 6 ratings
| 21,624 views
I have worked for a long time to help pastors with growth barriers in their church. They can be anything from worship issues to strategy to theology and more. So many barriers can get in the way of a church growing, but a central one isn’t found in the processes of the church.
There may be a number of reasons a ministry grows cold and a church slows down. But often, the heart of the problem is the heart of the pastor.
Tags:
By Lance Witt on Feb 9, 2021
based on 4 ratings
| 30,475 views
I confess to you that I am a hurrier. I wish I had a dollar for every time my kids have heard me say in an agitated tone “Hurry up!” Sometimes I walk in a hurry and leave my wife behind. When I have to wait in line, or a flight gets delayed, or there is dead time in a worship service, or someone is telling a long story, I find myself internally saying, “Could you please hurry up?”
Tags:
By SermonCentral .com on Mar 10, 2025
based on 2 ratings
| 3,933 views
Mother’s Day Sermon Ideas & Free Resources for Churches
Tags:
Sermon Central