Is Your Church Concerned About and Measuring the Right Things?
by: Ed Stetzer
We need to find the right scorecard and begin evaluating and valuing the right things.
ABOUT ED STETZER
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College and serves as Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books.
Previously, he served as Executive Director of LifeWay Research.
Stetzer is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN.
He serves as interim pastor of Moody Church in Chicago.
Inspecting What You Expect for Greater Church Health
by: Ed Stetzer
Churches that value and welcome assessments can expect health and growth.
Trends in Church Buildings – Why Bigger is Becoming Smaller
by: Ed Stetzer
Church Buildings, Ed Stetzer, Mega-church, Multisite, Physical space
It appears that bigger churches are having smaller buildings—and more locations.
Leading Change: Painful, But Worth It
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People never change until the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of change.
4 Steps to Community Engagement
by: Ed Stetzer
Churches that are making a difference engage people in ministry within the church and mission outside the church.
2 Wrong Ways to Think About Church Buildings
by: Ed Stetzer
What are some of the most common mistakes pastors make in church design and the building of facilities?
What Does a Real Movement Look Like?
by: Ed Stetzer
No Christian movement can be birthed without discipleship.
4 Ways That Missional Feet are Made Beautiful
by: Ed Stetzer
At the end of the day, missional means we join Jesus on mission.
Church Music Conflicts, Part 2: 7 Biblical Principles for Testing Your Music
by: Ed Stetzer
When a worship team is choosing music, it needs to think through some important issues. Examine these seven test statements to determine if the music you prefer is Christian.
Church Music Conflicts, Part 1: Have We Really Always Done It That Way?
by: Ed Stetzer
Music has played a central, but contentious role through out church history.
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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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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
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