No matter how incarnational and organic your ministry is, if you have a public worship service of any kind, you do have a front door as well as a side door. And if you have one, you do have to pay some attention to the “attractional” issues. If people are wandering...
Missional has become a popular word used more and more frequently. Once considered an antonym of attractional, missional has begun to be used by churches that are still primarily attractional—geared toward reaching people through inviting them to experience the...
Having been in this field of church planting for a long time, I have seen and experienced and been a part of that changing landscape. In my experience, I’ve seen the process of reaching people for Christ becoming more and more relational. It’s a...
I am 58 years old (soon), and this morning I am speaking to my peers in my own age group because we have an important choice before us. The old ways are no longer working. Church is no longer attractional: “If we put on a really good service and offer really...
One of bigger shifts in church planting over the years is from attractional to missional. “Build a program and they will come” is just not true anymore. Missional church plants require living incarnationally in order to draw people toward Jesus. But this isn’t to...
