Tired today. We’ve been dealing with a family that has seen death strike quickly. Six weeks ago this lady was healthy, vibrant, a runner, swimmer, servant at church and in the community. At 46 she is gone because of cancer. Just a few days before prayed with another family that lost their 70 something year […]
What a game last night in the College World Series! Georgia has had some pretty spectacular comebacks this entire series, but last night was the best. And now I learn from todays AJC that Mark Richt is from Omaha so it’s must be a lucky sign! Knocked off #1, #4, Stanford and one more to […]
The sixth characteristic of a healthy church: HOLISTIC SMALL GROUPS. I was consulting with a church one time that told me they didn’t have small groups. Almost every church has some type of small group, sunday school, small groups in homes, ladies bible studies, men’s groups, youth groups, children’s groups, etc, etc.
Holistic Small Groups are […]
I don’t know who said that church work was supposed to slow down in the summer but they obviously didn’t work at WRC or the other churches I have worked for. Anyway.
The 5th characteristic of a healthy church is INSPIRING WORSHIP. You’ve probably heard about the church that started at 11 0′clock sharp and ended at noon […]
FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES. Andy Stanley at Catalyst last year addressed some of these issues in relation to Systems. Every church has a structure. Some good, some not so good. If your structures are such that they bog you down in minute activity then you need to look at change.
Good structures should be measured by your Values, […]
PASSIONATE SPIRITUALITY! Loving God with your whole heart, mind, and soul. I think that every church, whether true or not, believes they are spiritual. But this is not about corporate worship. It is personal. How do your people connect to God and do it with PASSION?
This characteristic is about the fruits of the Spirit: love, […]
We start churches and hope they are healthy. The first sign of a healthy church is EMPOWERING LEADERS. One of the things you should notice is that the ADJECTIVE (for you that went to school in Alabama an adjective is a descriptive word). All churches have leaders. Not all churches and pastors empower their […]
Thanks for the good thoughts about the toothache. Surgery Friday…aaarrrggghhh!
But that puts me in the thoughts of what is a healthy church. We plant churches because it is the most effective evangelism strategy there is. The second reason is that there are so few healthy churches. The reason we do training is to try to […]