Monthly Archives: July 2010

The Velcro Principle Part 2

July 22, 2010 – 6:10 am

These series of blogs will help you keep the people you reach and help you discern if your church is more like Teflon or Velcro?
We have a twofold challenge…getting new people to attend and getting people to stick after they join and not slide off. 
So is your church currently more like Velcro, people stick and [...]

By Mike James | Posted in Assimilation, New Member Classes | Comments (0)

The Velcro Principle

July 15, 2010 – 10:33 am

These series of blogs will help you keep the people you reach.
One of the challenges churches face today is not only getting new people to attend but getting people to stick after they join and not slide off.
Would you say your church is more like Velcro (people stick) or teflon (people join and then stop [...]

By Mike James | Posted in Assimilation | Comments (0)

Church Attendance Up?

July 11, 2010 – 7:17 am

Religion News Service reports that a new Gallup Poll found that Americans’ self-reported church attendance has increased slightly since 2008. When asked “How often do you attend church, synagogue, or mosque?” 43.1 percent of Americans in 2010 said they attended church “at least once a week” or “almost every week.” That’s up from 42.8 percent [...]

By Mike James | Posted in Assimilation, Discipleship, Mentoring | Comments (0)

Costly Grace

July 2, 2010 – 3:04 pm

Many of us have been impacted by an old book written by a young brilliant German theologian named Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the book, The Cost of Discipleship. Bonhoeffer could have left Germany to teach in America and avoid what was happening in Germany in the 1930’s. He struggled with the decision. Ultimately he declined the teaching offer, [...]

By Mike James | Posted in Discipleship, Spiritual Growth | Comments (0)

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