Category Church Chew

I’ve been following Wade Burleson’s blog with interest for some time now. He is a Southern Baptist pastor who serves as a trustee on the SB’s International Mission Boards, one of the largest missionary organizations in the world. He began…

Dan Kimball over at vintage faith has written a great, personal assessment of the different stages people go through in their church involvement. check it out, and tell me what stage you find yourself in. I got my book today…

I was forwarded the following interview from The Other Journal with Tony Campolo. This is an excerpt from it relating to the average church-goers allegiance to nation above their allegiance to kingdom. TOJ: Do you think, then, that part of…

I wanted to address the next reason why most churches fail to plant new churches: Failure to understand and connect with their community This happens to most organizations who have been around for a while. They’ve become “successful” to a…

Church signs are perhaps the most enigmatic, strange, sometimes humorous, sometimes touching forms of communication on the planet. In a brief moment, passers-by can be elevated or enraged. Mark found a website that enables you to generate your own church…

So many folks have commented on my entry about the Bible Belt last year. I’ve even had some folks begin calling me the Bible Belt Man. I’ve been composing my theme music and am trying to license an action figure…

Last Thursday I headed north. At least to North Arkansas. Fort Smith to be exact. I had no idea that FS had exploded in growth like it has. In my book, any town that has a Books-a-Million is a town…

I was really impressed when I ran across Joel’s offer to buy the first few commenters (lurkers and all) a subscription to Relevant magazine on his blog. After hastily signing up myself 😉 I thought I’d carry on the offer…

Alrighty! Are you ready to tackle the next couple of reasons why churches choose NOT to start new churches (planting)? This has been an ongoing blog entry which began with a discussion about why churches choose to continue growing their…