In the coming month, try doing a 1-1-1 Prayer. This is something Lee Strobel taught at the Organic Outreach Conference we hold at Shoreline Church. The idea is simple. You pray for a person who is not yet a follower … Read More
As We Pray For Others
As we pray for others, there are a number of important reminders the Bible gives us. These are some of the things we can miss if we are not attentive and sensitive to God’s direction as we pray. Here are … Read More
Pray With Eyes Wide Open
When we pray with our life wide open, we allow the Holy Spirit to transform our behavior, change our direction, and shape our daily decisions. As we do this, opportunities to communicate with God come flooding in with surprising regularity. … Read More
Don’t Let These Blind Spots Impair Your Church’s Vision
It was a grueling drive from Florida to Maryland and back over the past two weeks in summer holiday traffic. Fighting D.C. gridlock every day was no joy ride either. My nerves were frazzled dodging speeders who mistook the 495 … Read More
Churches Shouldn’t Use Business Survival Tactics
When times get tough, most churches respond with the same survival tactics used by struggling businesses. Today, we explore the fifth and final reason why churches come down with a cold – the desire to Survive. The life cycle of … Read More
Why Christianity Has Lost Its Appeal
A 4th sign your church is coming down with a cold is Compromise. When we talk about treating members as “customers”, people naturally think of prosperity churches or megachurches. However in many ways the temptations to treat members as “customers” … Read More
Nearly All Organizations Partner – Why Don’t Churches?
Is your church decentralized, empowering disciples? Or is it depersonalized, entrusting responsibility for being “church” to the few rather than to many? A third way to know if your church is healthy or coming down with a cold is the … Read More
Few Churches Play To An Audience of One
Healthy church members play to an audience of One (God). They’re consumed, not consumers. Their engagement in evangelism doesn’t stop with inviting non-believing friends to church. Their dedication to discipleship doesn’t end with sermons and small groups. Healthy church leaders … Read More
Evangelism is a Four Letter Word
I get it. Culture is changing rapidly and radically. The methods we have used successfully for decades have become ineffective, even counter-productive. Heaven? Spiritual laws? Bible verses? These no longer spark spiritual interest. Evangelism training isn’t what it used to … Read More
Is Your Church Coming Down With A Cold?
Most churches are born healthy. Church plants are small, underfunded, and grow slowly at first – but they’re normally healthy. How can that be? That doesn’t sound like the description of a healthy organization. Don’t most pastors and church consultants … Read More