Monthly Archives: June 2009

Guests-Five Follow Up Principles

June 25, 2009 – 1:48 pm

One of the most important things a church does is to follow up on guests who visit the church or any activity sponsored by the church. It is a key to church growth. Each church must customize what works best in their particular setting. Churches today are rethinking the follow up components with guests. Part [...]

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Discipleship, Doing good, and Shopping Carts

June 18, 2009 – 10:42 pm

We spend lots of time searching for God’s perfect will and wondering if we are fulfilling our God given path for life.  A disciple should always pray to be at the very center of God’s will for his or her life.  Sometimes we are not where God wants us to be and sometimes we are [...]

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Eight Steps to Reverse Spiritual Death in Churches

June 11, 2009 – 9:14 am

Bill Easum in his book “A Second Resurrection,” (Abingdon, 2007) lists eight steps to reverse spiritual decline in churches.  He says that spiritual death doesn’t have to happen in the life of a church.  Even in churches that seem to not have a chance at surviving there is still hope of revitalization.  In order to [...]

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Discipleship or Great Commision Resurgence?

June 4, 2009 – 10:02 am

On May 11, Baptist Press quoted Henry Blackaby on his thoughts about the Great Commission Resurgence.  His answers are very insightful to churches on why we are not growing and reaching this culture with the Gospel.  I am not going to be the color commentator on his comments, or put it in the “spin zone” [...]

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Getting Ready for Guests part 3

June 1, 2009 – 9:19 am

Romans 12:13 says, “Practice hospitality.”  Churches need to be places that are hospitable, friendly, loving, and welcoming.  They should be places where people smile and one can easily see the love of Jesus.    This is part three in this series on making guests feel welcome, but to be honest we will re-visit this subject [...]

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