By Jim Morgan on Jul 17, 2023
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Redefining members (not pastors and staff) as the “church” and the community (not members) as the “customer” would reverse the lens through which churches evaluate nearly every decision they make today.
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By Karina Kreminski on Apr 11, 2024
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It saddens me that some people see the need for change in the church, yet God’s people keep doing the same thing as if minor tweaking will stop the decline of the Western church.
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By Karl Vaters on Jun 5, 2024
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"Preaching the Word, training disciples and ministering to the community may or may not increase the number of people who sit in front of me from Sunday to Sunday. But it will produce a healthy church."
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By Ben Sternke on Aug 15, 2020
Acts 18 shows Paul moving from resistant hearers to receptive ones. Faithful ministry requires discerning when to persist and when to move on.
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By Trevin Wax on Mar 26, 2020
Pastors, don’t underestimate the cumulative effect of your preaching. You are not dumping information into brains. You are forming the habits of your people, teaching them how to read and understand and apply the Bible for themselves.
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By Charles Kiser on Jul 4, 2020
Preaching matters, but when it becomes the primary engine of discipleship, it may carry a weight it was never meant to bear.
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