Leadership
Church Growth and pastors’ self-esteem
Noel wrote about biblical principles such as: strategic discipleship recognising and releasing members for wider and deeper ministry than small churches can effectively handle homogeneity as a basic introductory principle of communication and engagement of unchurched people risk-taking ventures that embody the creative faith that is honored in the parable of the talents God-given vision […]
Churches (Franky Schaeffer)
Schaeffer “Sham Pearls For Real Swine” ( Wolgemuth & Hyatt; Brentwood:1990) [Francis Schaeffer’s son] Strange priorities rule the sensibilities of some Christians. Four-letter words used in film outrage the brethren, yet routine lies in church hardly cause any comment. Nudity on the stage, screen or canvas arouses fundamentalists to fury, yet a carnival atmosphere of […]
The Pastor’s Lament
🙂 The Pastor’s Lament This is what your Pastor really thinks… . If I express myself on a subject, I’m trying to run things. . If I’m silent, I’m dumb or have lost interest. . If I’m often at my office (preparing sermons or studying), why don’t I get out and learn what’s going on. […]
CHURCHES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
CHURCHES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE | BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough Churches That Make A Difference has clearly been a popular Christian book, now having reached its third printing. The subtitle, “Reaching Your Community with Good News and Good Works”, suggests the subject matter, namely – how to bring together Good News and Good […]
Committees
Most people seem to regard Committees as being at best a waste of time, and often the end of any chance of progress! Why is this so? It probably reflects the unfortunate fact that many committees are counter productive and only waste time. But does it have to be this way? People sometimes claim that […]
From a frustrated (mainline church) clergyperson
Note from Rowland: the following is an important corrective to ‘Church Growth triumphalism’… Food for thought. ~~~ I had a look at the link to the article by Tom Bandy provided in Rowland Croucher’s website. See http://jmm.org.au/articles/14771.htm While Bandy says some sensible things and proposes some ways forward, I get a bit tired of people […]
The Battle Rages On (within Anglicanism)
The Battle Rages On Frank Griswold, Episcopal Presiding Bishop, says conservative activists are using deceptive tactics. Interview by Deborah Caldwell at http://www.beliefnet.com For nearly two years, Frank Griswold, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, has been in the vortex of his denomination’s controversy over its election of an openly gay bishop. Since then, those […]
Obstacles and Opportunities for Congregational Mission in the 21st Century
Obstacles and Opportunities for Congregational Mission in the 21st Century Thomas G. Bandy Church growth leaders are a different breed. They have been described as entrepreneurs in a bureaucratic church; motivators in a complacent denomination; systems analysts in a debate among single minded agendas; and visionaries for non-ideological and non-dogmatic religion. They are the voice […]
Hymn-singing
“Sing Lustily & With Good Courage “ Maddy Prior (from Steeleye Span) with The Carnival Band S l e e v e N o t e s John Wesley’s instructions for singing, 1761: I. Learn these tunes before you learn any others … II. Sing them exactly as they are printed here without altering or […]
Mission To The Church?
A friend of mine recently stopped going to church because he found it to be a health hazard. It was not life-giving, it sapped his energies and he realised that he’d been attending out of loyalty for some time. Many in my generation, the Baby Boomers, have made the same decision and quietly left the […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress