This is it – the LAST DAY of my ALL NEW Free “Year-End Webinar: My Big Lessons and Even Bigger Mistakes from 2015“! Due to my schedule, I will NOT be able to do a replay. However, you still have TWO FINAL OPPORTUNITIES today to join in – once at 11:00am ET and again at 2:00pm ET. Response has been big for this … Read More
What Lyle Schaller taught me about vision
Today’s post comes to us from George Bullard, President of The Columbia Partnership, General Secretary of the North American Baptist Fellowship of the Baptist World Alliance, and Senior Editor of TCP Books. The father of post World War II practical church consulting, Lyle Schaller, was my most significant consulting mentor and spoke prophetically into my life. He taught me amazing … Read More
McGavran Monday – Liberating Multitudes
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “Evangelization which takes no account of this complex social structure and simply invites all ‘Americans’ to become Christians in existing congregations and denominations is chained to slow growth. Only an evangelization which sees the mosaic and encourages the myriad individuals who make it up to … Read More
Fighting a Sinner’s Path – A Saturday Quote
“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.” – Charles Spurgeon
Weekly Sabbath Increases Productivity (from Harvard Business Review)
The following guest blog comes to us from my good friend Dr. Bob Whitesel. Bob serves as Professor of Christian Ministry and Missional Leadership for Wesley Seminary and holds two doctorates from Fuller Theological Seminary. He currently serves as president of the Great Commission Research Network as well as a board member for The Society of Church Consulting. Commentary by Dr. Whitesel: … Read More
The 4 Realities of 21st Century Religious Life
The following blog post comes to us from Alan Rudnick for BaptistNews.com. Alan is an executive minister at DeWitt Community Church and author of “The Work of the Associate Pastor”. He also serves on the Mission Council of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The Pew Research Center released its 2015 U.S. Religious Landscape Study and it can be confusing to read. According to The … Read More
Black Friday Sale – Save 50% or MORE!
Thanksgiving has come and gone – but today you have access to more than just leftover turkey. Take advantage of our biggest sale of the year – our Black Friday (thru Monday!) Sale. You can save 50% or more on over 40 of my top resources – including new releases this year, best-sellers and package deals that give you the biggest value! From … Read More
When You’re Sick of Saying It, They’ve Just Heard It
Today’s guest blog comes to us from J.D. Greear, lead pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina and author of Gaining By Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. I once heard a story about an old grandfather sitting lazily on the porch of his country home with his grandson, his six dogs lying underneath the porch. … Read More
McGavran Monday – Essential Task of Christian Missions
In honor of Dr. Gary McIntosh’s new biography of Donald McGavran, here’s today’s Monday moment: “…the essential task of Christian Missions (is) the discipling of ethnos after ethnos till the Great Commission has been carried out.” – Donald McGavran Secure your copy of the book at 40% OFF plus insightful bonuses here. (the above quote is from p. 171 of The Bridges of God, by … Read More
The Beauty of Scripture: A Saturday Quote
“Scripture is like a river, broad and deep, shallow enough here for the lamb to go wading, but deep enough there for the elephant to swim.” -Gregory the Great