Practical how-to advice for pastors, church planters, and ministry leaders on personal evangelism and church hospitality
A regular question I get is "How do you grow a small church?"In our current life situation, we are planting a church in the city in which we live.We are currently a small church, made up primarily of immigrants from foreign countries.Approximately35 adults in attendance each … [Read more...]
In a discussion group I am a part of, a small church pastor asked the group for advise on how to grow a small church.Well meaning Christians threw out all sorts of cliches that lack substance, even if they are true:Pray Follow God Get back to the Bible Don't follow man's ways Just … [Read more...]
Burning questions need fast answers! Do you need advice to take your evangelism passion, hospitality, or outreach strategy to the next level?Leading your church or small group is challenging. Brainstorming about evangelism ideas or strategies seems to have you stuck in a rut. You need … [Read more...]
Church Transformation View more presentations from Chris Walker. (tags: transformation crandall)Ron Crandall's presentation on Church Transformation.The audio didn't record.Upcoming webinars:HitchHiker's Guide to Evangelism -- March 19, 2009 Evangelism Where you Live -- March 26, … [Read more...]
In yesterday's article 2 Attitudes for Small Church Transformation, Ron Crandall's study pointed out how evangelism in the small church is rooted in relationships. "Small church approaches to evangelism need to be person centered." Larger churches may have lots of programs to help attract them … [Read more...]
Of all the various observations that Crandall makes in Turnaround and Beyond: A Hopeful Future for the Small Membership Church about vision casting, effective leadership and managing conflict, there were a few items that really stuck out for me in terms of what successful turnaround and … [Read more...]
As I continued to read through Ron Crandall's book, he gives a list of principles for church renewal and revitalization from the ages of church history. It may seem like a no-brainer, but at least observations through church history back it up.1. Personal renewal.Renewal of a church … [Read more...]
This week and next, you'll be reading about small church transformation, particularly the role of evangelism, based on a study of small churches first done in 1995 and then updated in December of 2008. These first few posts setup some of the background and are meant to be in small blog-size … [Read more...]
"How can skillful pastors who long for the resurrection power of God to be manifest in their churches learn to patiently guide a congregation through all the necessary stages of change involved in a turn around?"Ron Crandall - Turnaround Churches and BeyondParticularly, what role does … [Read more...]
I continue to be amazed at the growth in reach of this ministry.You, my readers, are faithfully recommending this site to others, emailing articles to your friends, and encouraging people to signup for events.January saw us in 3 different countries for three different conferences (one of … [Read more...]
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