I just finished reading a blog that every leader in a small church should read on a regular basis. I’m thinking that many of you are already registered on it so that you get reminders each time a new entry…

I love many of the songs that are being sung today in our churches. There is a steady stream of praise songs available and many of them have been used powerfully by the Holy Spirit to touch people’s lives. I…

In a conversation with a church leader whom I deeply respect, he raised a concern about churches putting an emphasis on discipleship. His concern was that with a stress on spiritual formation and whatever else churches might consider as part…

When I was a young boy, there were certain questions that I always hoped my parents would never ask. Even as a child, I knew that they asked these questions for my own good but I still dreaded the questions.…

“We believe that each member of the human race is fallen, sinful and lost; that salvation is possible only through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and is received on the basis of faith alone apart from works and is…

Impact is the measure of a church’s effectiveness. For the past fifty years numerical growth has tended to be the measuring stick that experts have used to measure the success of a church. When I first graduated from Bible college,…

In my blog last week I mentioned that I don’t agree with the idea that numbers are an indication of the impact that a church is having. In fact I would go a step further and say that numbers may…

I’m not sure if anyone missed my weekly blogs but I am back writing them again. I have had a sabbatical. I am feeling physically and spiritually recharged and there are many aspects of small-church ministry that I am anxious…

Imagine that you are in the first century Roman Empire. You are a Christian going through a time of persecution. Some of your brothers and sisters in the faith have already been torn apart by lions in the arena. You…