Are you having a hard time getting people engaged in the work of the church? Have you experienced a lot of volunteer turnover? One way to get people on board and working well together—even happily—on the mission of the church is to ensure each person feels valued for...
As I survey the current state of ministry, I have been dismayed at how many churches are filling slots regardless of gifts. The focus seems to be that the people are there to serve the needs of the church rather than vice versa. In many cases, we seem to be abandoning...
I’ve been involved many times in the early stages of new churches that are trying to incorporate people. Most often, there’s far more concern about filling all of the necessary slots for volunteers to run the program than there is about developing people into their...
Jesus is the only one with all of the spiritual gifts. That’s why one-to-one discipleship often doesn’t work– at least not in isolation. The body of Christ corporately has all that a new believer needs to grow toward maturity. Do you remember the charts years...
