church leader insights- october 2006
By Nelson Searcy, Roy Mansfield, and Joy Willis
Courtesy of Church Leader Insights http://www.churchleaderinsights.com/
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Church Leader Insights: Church Health, Church Growth and Church Planting
** EVANGELISM / CHURCH GROWTH **
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TABLE
A healthy church is one that has this balanced ecosystem. The seasoned Christ-follower disciples and serves the spiritual babies and invites hell-bounders to the table. The babies grow quickly as they link up with mature believers, start serving others, and share their newfound faith. And the hell-bounders are startled to realize that Christian people are more than fanatical finger pointers. They are enticed to come back to the table for seconds, and thirds, and....
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** FOR MORE ON EVANGELISM SEE **
The Evangelism Seminar and Reaching Your Community Through Servant Evangelism
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT DOING MINISTRY IN A PAGAN ENVIRONMENT
Lesson: Define terms in their language. We were careful about Christian sayings and phrases that might be offensive: Crusade, sin, immorality ... we came to understand that concepts were more sacred than terms.
- Available at mondaymorninginsight.com
Jesus knew that God's kingdom would not expand by "pleasing all of the people all of the time." Instead the Kingdom expands as the relative minority of people who hear the gospel, live it, and in turn, give it away. Our task is to keep scattering the seed.
- Available at www.christianitytoday.com
** FOR MORE ON KEEPING THE FRONT DOOR OPEN AND DEALING WITH THE BACK DOOR, SEE ** The Assimilation Seminar
88 percent of children from evangelical homes are leaving the church shortly after they graduate from high school. Sometimes I think television is more concerned with reaching this generation than churches are.
- Available at tonymorganlive.com
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HOT BUTTONS FOR CONNECTING WITH MEN
Movies. Sports. Adventure. Sex. Cars. There's no question that men's magazines have caught onto what appeals to men? How can you leverage these interest areas to connect with unchurched men?
-Available at outreachmagazine.com
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LAST SUNDAY YOU PREACHED YOUR FINAL BORING SERMON
Bryan Chapell calls application the sermon's breaking point and says it is the most difficult part of preaching. Precise, concrete, daringly applied promises, rebukes, and challenges are what cause believers to grow -- and what make for sermons that are anything but boring.
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** LEADERSHIP **
10 CAREER METAPHORS THAT DESTROY CHURCHES Taxidermists. These individuals enjoy taking dead controversies and issues and stuffing them with artificial importance to make them appear lifelike. Instead of letting things die, the taxidermist will attempt to preserve a matter as long as possible.
-Available at theresurgence.com
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