Does your church make disciples or religious consumers? Wrestling with this unsettling question gave rise to Renovation of the Church (2011): in this book, Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken chronicle …
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Ron Toews
In 1996, Christian A. Schwarz (Natural Church Development) identified eight quality control characteristics of growing churches (e.g., empowering leadership, gift-oriented ministry, passionate spirituality).
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“Transformissional” – One conversation at a time
by Ron ToewsRon Toews “Coach training has given me a practical road map for conversations with others to help them discern where God is at work in, through and around them.” This …
CCMBC pastoral trends survey 2015 In November 2006, Stephen Harper was less than a year into his first term as prime minister, Gaddafi was still Libya’s long-standing revolutionary leader, and …
“Pastor, we’ve come to appreciate this church, and we’d like to become members. How do we join?” Music to a pastor’s ears? Not if the request comes from a person …