Church Growth

Dear John Letters and Unitarian Universalism

November 21, 2011
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The thing about Dear John letters is this: If the same things keep coming up over and over again, it’s because they’re telling you the truth about yourself.

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Interested in Young Adult Ministry?

July 13, 2011

If you’re interested in young adult ministry at all, you need to check out the new national 2030s initiative headed up by folks in Atlanta, who have an eight year old program with 100 active folks. You can read my post about starting it all here….

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Two Steps to Huge Church Growth: Step Two—Share the Love

March 12, 2011
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Step Two is the time for us to reach out beyond our own local religious ecosystems and start sharing the love elsewhere. If there are things your congregation can teach others, by all means teach it!

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Two Steps to Huge Church Growth: Step One—Jumping the Inevitable Hurdles

March 5, 2011
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The good news is that if your congregation can say yes to most or all of the Step Zero questions, it’s probably already growing. So how are you going to channel and direct that growth? And what three hurdles should you expect to encounter?

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Why a Step Zero?—Two Steps to Huge Church Growth

March 3, 2011
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Step Zero means building congregations that anybody would really want to be a part of.

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Two Steps to Huge Church Growth: Before You Even Start (Step Zero)

March 1, 2011
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Most of the membership growth that happens at Step Zero is either cheap or free.

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