How to Make and Use Church Name Tags

For churches that have considered and want to implement using nametags, today's post gives you some thoughts about how to make and use nametags in church. 1. Preprint church name tags for your regular attendees One church set up two large registration areas.One has preprinted tags for … [Read more...]

The Rabbit and the Elephant Review

Today, I’m participating in a blog book tour for The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today's Church Tony and Felicity Dale.Others have published their entry ahead of me (see below), and a few others will follow behind. The Rabbit and the Elephant A movement of house … [Read more...]

Beating Dunbars Number

Several years ago, I was challenged as a youth pastor to give my leadership away -- delegate, delegate, and delegate. The challenger warned me that I could only reach so many people, but if I delegated and empowered, I could lead larger ministries with longer reaches and greater sustainability. … [Read more...]

Church Hospitality Webinar Resources and Replay

We had a great webinar this afternoon. Registrations from 10 different countries, covering 31 different states and churches from a wide variety of denominations and traditions. Church Hospitality Book Recommendations How to Welcome Church Visitors, Chris WalkerA practical how to manual on … [Read more...]

How to Lead a Prayer Meeting Focused on Evangelism

When one gathers people for prayer on evangelism, either before an outreach, or if a prayer group wants to focus on of it’s meetings on prayer, I offer to you a simple guideline for such prayer meetings.1. In the name of Jesus Christ invite the Holy Spirit to lead the prayer group.We are … [Read more...]

Church Based Relational Evangelism

I’ve been reading Evangelism Where You Live: Engaging Your Community and I think it is a must read book for pastors of churches seeking to engage its community.Over the next few days leading up to the Community Based Servant Evangelism Webinar, I'll be pulling out a few themes. What's not … [Read more...]

Presbyterians (PCUSA) release a new church development Bible study

Presbygrow writes: We are pleased to announce that our resource for new church development, Starting New Churches: A Discernment Process, has been revised and updated. I know the principal authors and have skimmed the resource this morning and believe that if you are involved in planting a church, … [Read more...]