Month: December 2011

Two Steps Toward a Healthy Church – Part 4

We’ve already seen the two steps every pastor must take toward a healthy church–grow yourself and build a team. Now let’s continue our look at the two steps only the people of the congregation can take. Last time, we saw the first of these–face reality. Today, Part 4 of our discussion calls for the people

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Two Steps Toward a Healthy Church – Part 3

So how can there be a Part 3 if there’s only two steps to a healthy Church? We have already seen the two steps a pastor must take to help his congregation get stronger–grow himself and build a team. But there are also two steps the people of the church must take to contribute to

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Two Steps Toward a Healthy Church – Part 2

In our last blog, we took a look at the first of two things a pastor can do to begin moving his church toward health–grow yourself. In Part 2, consider step two for the pastor. To build a healthy church, every pastor needs a strong team. And to have one, the pastor needs to start

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Two Steps Toward a Healthy Church – Part 1

With thousands of churches plateaued or in decline, many of which are aging with the future growing more ominous each day, I’ve been searching for simple and powerful steps in a new direction. Many struggling churches are overwhelmed by a culture of “can’t.” They hear the ideas that turn around other congregations, but find most

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