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Blog postI was told that lightning never strikes twice – in nature and in church.
But I don’t believe it. There have been instances of people struck by lightning twice while standing on the same hilltop, though years apart. It also happens in church multiplication. God blesses whoever he calls, whenever he calls.
And when I was a young pastor, I was told by older men, “Do not ever leave the church you started. It’s growing. It’s bursting at the seams. That can’t happen twice.” These gu -
Blog postLet’s think about why my grandmother quit having kids.
The truth is she was pregnant, probably 20 percent of her entire life as she lived to just age 58 when a stroke took her away from us.
I calculate that she was pregnant for about 14.5 years. She had 16 kids. All of them lived, which was kind of amazing given the times and the medical support available. After number 16, they quit. You can easily guess why – she was tired.
Parenting a lot of kids wasn’t unusual in he -
Blog postThe great danger in a church is doing things because “that’s the way they’re done.”
Worse is the tendency to rely on trends, copying someone else’s success while hoping to duplicate it—copying what you read often does little more than keep the Christian publishing industry alive.
But what about you?
Why do you do the things you do?
Do you think form first, or do you struggle through function to find the best structure for your ministry?
Here’s a Story I -
Blog postBeware we who lead!
We can unknowingly hinder the spread of the gospel. You could describe the danger with a single word, “control.”
Leaders control doctrine, resources and the use of other people’s time (read that as “church programs”). We mean well, but things don’t always turn out so good. A brief look at history brings light to the table. The 1st Century gospel spread faster in Syria and Turkey than in Jerusalem or Rome.
Why? Because the leaders in Jerusalem and Ro -
Blog postOld guys like to remember the good times.
I know – I’m old!
But the 70s were more than a time of turmoil. Those were easy times to plant a church.
Sure, we were recovering from three assassinations, Broadway shows fixated on beating up on Jesus and even full-frontal nudity. But they were good times for (some) churches.
Those that embraced the revival with its “come as you are” attitudes grew and multiplied.
For us, that meant gathering for an hour of ma -
Blog postChina went soft on churches—for four decades. Then came a different government.
Things are tougher now for all faiths, especially Christians. Not just tougher but much tougher. Members arrested. Buildings demolished. Even the Three-Self state ordained churches are under attack.
So, what happens in circumstances like these? Basically, the church adapts. I just saw a photo of a cluster of Chinese Christ-followers worshipping while hidden in a cornfield. That works in summer but -
Blog postThink you’re too small? Think again!
How would you function if your church maxed at 80 people, shrunk back to 20 and then swelled again to 80 and did that repeatedly for 35 years?
Some would give up, but not John Bacigalupo.
Dyslexic, he cheated his way into the U.S. Marine Corps (click the 3-minute video link below for that story). During a depression-induced suicide attempt, he met Jesus.
John landed in Hawaii shortly after we planted Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay. -
Blog postYou’ve seen the bell curve representing change:
But, have you noticed the gap between innovators/early adopters and The early majority?
It is in this space where leaders encounter opposition and polarization. So let’s look at seven steps we can take to escape polarization in this stumbling zone.
1 Map Potential Responses Prior To Finalizing Your Vision Assuming you’ve laid a foundation through Bible teaching and team building, this is the first step toward escaping the -
Blog postWill the U.S. Church Survive? If So, In What Shape?
Someone responded to a recent blog with two painful questions:
At the present rate of “growth,” how long will Christianity survive in the U.S.? At the current rate of “growth,” what kind of churches will be left in 10-15 years? Our Growth is Negative For starters, the growth we see is negative. In 1950, 94 percent of Americans self-identified as Christians. Today that has shrunken to 68 percent (if you believe the more positi -
Blog postMy high school youth pastor recently surprised me with a text. I’m thrilled at the connection after many years.
Since I’m so old, I imagine he’s in his eighties by now. In responding to that initial text, I began thinking about how much I owe him.
Put another way, if you’re reading this, it includes how much you owe him because I wouldn’t be writing this without a man named Ken Hyde. I would never have made it past those first couple of years as a planter without the lessons h
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