You know your church needs to rethink its strategy. You know there is no real sense of how to accomplish the work that God has called your church to do. You look at your church, and it seems that every year is simply a repeat of the past year. There is nothing intentional about what you do. But you wonder if strategic planning is biblical. First, you wrestle with this in your own mind. Then you realize ...
ARTICLE The Health Sequence Five questions, asked in the right order, will boost your church's vitality. Roger Jenks
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The conference speaker was clear. "There are five essential questions of congregational life," said the Rev. Lloyd John Ogilvie, "five questions that must be asked and answered sequentially. If you skip any of them, the best that your church will ever do is limp."
With that opening line, I began to take notes.
When I returned from that conference, however, I kept those questions to myself. They guided ...
In the midst of the turmoil of the Cromwellian revolution, a tribute was written to the local pastor of the Harold Church in Staunton, England. It remains on the church wall and says, "In the year 1653, when all things sacred were throughout the nation destroyed or profaned, this church was built to the glory of God by Sir Robert Shirley, whose singular praise it was to have done the best of things ...
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