When the Truth is No Longer

Each generation within the life of a local congregation has a valuable contribution to make to the life of the Church.  Those in their golden years have wisdom to share, gained from a full lifespan.  Those in family rearing years bring strength, stability, growth and energy to the congregation. A young pastor can bring new [...]

The Short List – Life’s Prime Directive

For more than 20 years, Bill Butterworth has build his career speaking, writing and counseling others onto pathways of deeper faith and higher quality relationships. His training, experience and passion have combined to create this latest book, The Short List. Published by Tyndale (2009) The Short List addresses the question that most American’s struggle with [...]

Tim Burns featured as a Guest Blogger

Check out Tim’s latest blog entry, as a guest on http://www.devodiva.com/

Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day.

As my wife and I settled in for movie night, the romantic comedy He’s Just Not That into You unfolded on the flat screen. We followed the somewhat interconnected relational missteps of nine people for 129 minutes. As the credits neared, the narrator, or narratress as the case may be, finally divulged the movie’s [...]

Now Blogging for NavPress and Tyndale

Editor Timothy Burns is now blogging and reviewing new releases for Tyndale House and Navpress Publishers.

Engedi Church – a Small Congregation with Big Ideas.

Engedi Church ( www.engedichurch.com ) began meeting in a school cafe on Oct 5, 2005. A daughter of large and successful Central Wesleyan Church (CWC) in Holland Mi., Engedi was birthed by Pastor Brian Aulick and a small group of congregants who wanted to be less anchored in tradition and more freely focused on areas [...]

Tapping Ministry Resources from the Entire Church Body.

I became a member at Trinity Church shortly after they moved from a campus in East Lansing to a larger location on the city’s south side. The congregation had outgrown their prior facility, and with no available undeveloped land at their suburban setting, the congregation purchased land, built a new building, and relocated. Church growth [...]

Beyond the Walls: Connecting to ALL who Contact your Church.

Trinity church has borrowed a ministry model from Rick Warren’s Church in Saddleback CA. The diagram below illustrates how Trinity leadership views their place in their community. The diagram also creates a model the church applies in order to create disciple building movement within the congregation. The five concentric circles represent the spiritual condition of [...]

Business Management, Organizational Culture and the Christian Church Connection

Allow me to back up a few steps before launching the next series of articles and reinforce the foundation for this blog.  Paul said “Let no man lay another foundation other than that which has been laid, which is Christ.” (1 Cor 3.11)  So I want to ensure readers that as I venture into discussions [...]

Who’s the Guy in the Bear Suit?

Ok, you’ve got to follow me on this one. This has a point, in the direction of building transformational church ministry, just follow me. My church this morning was discussing the Reveal survey from Willow Resources that I highlighted earlier. The church leadership has learned a huge amount about the spiritual life habits of [...]