Perry Noble: What Grace Begins …
“Bill Hybels coined a phrase years ago that is true of me: The rate at which I was doing the work of God was destroying the work of God in me."
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Live Stream Your Church’s Sermons Where You’d Never Expect to See Them
Idea Starter: Reach the unchurched via live-streaming in the most unlikely of settings
Riding the Ministry Roller Coaster
All ministries have seasons of peaks and valleys, but there's a sustaining secret to the journey that's easy to overlook.
David Kinnan: Finding the Divine Agenda
"I made the promise that I would never run the church based on my own agenda or opinions or wants or desires, that I would simply listen to him."
Try This: Surprise Employees of Local Businesses With Gifts of Gratitude
Idea Starter: Show store employees that your church appreciates their presence and hard work on your community
Try This: Kick Your Annual Live Nativity Up a Notch
Include live animals, a first-century Jerusalem marketplace, costumed townspeople, camel rides for kids and hot drinks for all
New Life at Waters Edge: Waters Edge Church
Stuart Hodges: “We are a church that has been successful at reaching unchurched people. When you reach unchurched people, they reach other unchurched people.”
Ask Members to Commit to Weekly Worship, Serving and Bible Study
Idea Starter: Savannah Christian Church challenges members to three hours a week in God
Physics, Faith and the Myth of Intellectual Suicide
Renowned physicist and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne: “You don’t have to commit intellectual suicide to be a religious believer; otherwise I wouldn’t be one.”
Try This: Neighborhood Party Planning With a Purpose
Idea Starter: Casual, home-based gatherings are an easy way to incorporate the unchurched into a Christian environment.