Measuring Effective Ministry
There are a lot of ways to measure effectiveness in ministry. I’ve been thinking about what Jeff Christopherson and Mac Lake describe as measures of success in their book Kingdom First: Starting
Church
An Essential Ingredient in Reaching Unreached People
The occasion: a church’s first service in a new building. The mayor and other dignitaries attended. The mood was festive — at least until the pastor showed a picture of men hanging from
Four Adjustments in Church Planting
I’m a big believer in church planting, but I have some concerns about some of our current approaches. I wrote about them on Tuesday:
1. The greatest needs are outside of North
Four Problems with Church Planting
I’m a big believer in church planting, yet I have some concerns with some of our approaches. Today I want to outline some of my concerns. On Thursday I’ll suggest some
Under My Skin
The emerging church was all the rage, and I had just picked up Don Carson’s book Becoming Conversant with the Emergent Church. I noticed that he mentioned a church I’d never