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  • The Danger of Seeking Stability

    Change or die.

  • How to Use Stories to Cut Through the Information Overload

    Individuals may represent much of the accomplishment of ministries at your church, but the real work of ministry is often done through teams.

  • Five Lies of Leadership

    How do you know you haven’t fallen for a leadership myth that simply isn’t true? Answer: sometimes you don’t.

  • Leaders Must Model One Thing First

    What can my church learn from the mission-focused leadership of the United States Marines? A clear, executable mission is the key to success for every branch of the military.

  • Design Your Ministry for Results

    Small group ministry struggling to meet the objectives you’ve set?  Ending the ministry year and falling short of the goals that have been set for you?  Although there are a number of possible explanations, the most likely reason is that your ministry isn’t actually designed to accomplish the goals and objectives you’d like to reach.

  • 8 Succession Success Markers

    We are only ten months in to the transition at Mariners Church between Kenton Beshore (long-time senior pastor) and me (the new guy).

  • Smiling is Not Enough: The Top Ten Mistakes Your Volunteers Make Welcoming Guests at Church

    The team at Auxano enjoys playing the role of “secret worshipper” when we take a church through our visioning process called the Vision Pathway.

  • Outward vs. Inward Focused Churches

    Over the last several years, I’ve worked with church leaders from close to 200 different churches in consulting and coaching relationships.

  • Creating a Come and See Culture

    II.

  • 6 Perspectives on Who Should See Church Giving Records

    It’s a difficult question.

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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked. I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
 
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