Have you ever aimed so high that success seemed like failure? It is easy for small churches to make this mistake. We are told that we need to have vision. We are told that we need to aim high. One…

One year my wife was part of a large choir that performed Handel’s Messiah as the church’s Christmas outreach program. The worship leader in that large church used the slogan “Everyone should perform the Messiah at least once in their…

This blog entry is not for the pastor. It is for those people in a church who are supposed to take care of the pastor. I would encourage pastors to read it and then decide what they want to do…

People love categories. If they can just divide things into a list of different categories, then they can get a handle on them. So in regard to the church there are small churches, medium churches, large churches and mega churches.…

Some times leaders just need encouragement and that’s what this blog entry is all about. I just want to encourage you.   A blog Let’s start off with one of the more encouraging blog entries that I have read lately.…

Over the years people in evangelical churches have seen the Great Commission as a call to evangelism and in particular a call to worldwide evangelism. As we have seen over the past four weeks it is much more than just…

True City is a movement of churches in the City of Hamilton in which together they seek to work for the good of the city. Their vision statement begins as follows: “TrueCity is a movement of congregations in Hamilton, ON…

Every so often it is fun to quote myself and so the following paragraph comes from my book Reality Check For The Church. “I like to think of fellowship as an investment. As Christians, we invest ourselves (our material resources,…

I love a good book. I especially love a book that changes my life. Of all the books that I have read over the past few years none has changed my life at a deeper level than Integrity by Dr.…

The measure of a healthy church is changed lives. Over the past few decades far too much attention has been given to growing our churches and not nearly enough to growing our people. God’s purpose in every Christian’s life is…