“Churches that stop growing almost always have lost their heart for outsiders. Even if many say they’re still passionate about reaching new people, their actions deny their intentions. So how do you know whether your church is focused on insiders?” Well for a start, read Carey Nieuwhof’s “5 Tell-Tale Signs […]
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“All work—paid and unpaid—is good, but it needs to be boundaried by the practice of Sabbath. The problem with too many leaders is that we allow our work to trespass on every other area of life, disrupting the balanced rhythm of work and rest God created for our good. Sabbath
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“One of the core values of the Free Methodist church is learning. We also seek to invest resources strategically and mature those who desire to grow as part of our national church mission. It is the vision of The Free Methodist Church in Canada to see healthy churches within the
This past September I sat down with nine people involved in student ministries across Canada to talk about about young people and the Free Methodist Church in Canada. I wanted to start a conversation about student ministry and how to develop Godly competent leaders for the church. It was quite
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“For most of my life, I rejected the “r” word. Ritual. After all, why would I want to pray someone else’s prayer? (Never mind the fact that this is precisely what we do when we read the Psalms.) Who wants to perform a mindless activity? Eventually, I realized that I
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One of the foundations of church revitalization is the development of leaders. In his blog, “4 Warning Signs Your Church Isn’t Developing Leaders,” Eric Geiger explores – you guessed it – four warning signs your church isn’t developing leaders.
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A friend recently said to me, “You really aren’t a new Christian anymore. Why do you keep calling yourself that?” I began my search for God thirty-five years ago. I started regularly attending church eleven years ago. I joined a study group nine years ago. And I was baptized seven
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With all the focus on millennials, Carey Nieuwhof takes time to check in with the 50+ crowd in his blog, Shut Down the Bus Tours: What Older Church Members Should Really Be Doing.
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We here at the Free Methodist Church in Canada hope that our pastors, leaders and church folk are lifelong learners. I know lots of people who love reading books, articles and blogs or listening to podcasts. And that’s great. That’s how thinking gets stimulated and imagination gets stirred up. That’s
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Thom Rainer’s “The Three Most Common Sentences of Dying Churches” weighs in with more symptoms of unhealthy in a church. Is it time for a quick check up?
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