Because we are in a world now that is not nearly so hierarchical as other generations were, it is possible for your congregation to network laterally with other congregations that are equally faithful. And that is exactly what’s happening in the New Wineskins network of churches, the Confessing Church Network, there are such networks [...]
Tag Archives: liturgy
Beware of Following the Trend
28-Jun-08There are far too many churches that are trying to follow the trends in an attempt to “grow” their congregations. The first problem is that they are focusing on quantity not quality. The second problem is that the churches are always a few years behind. A huge number of churches are trying [...]
Teaching the Faith
23-Mar-08That led her to join a nine-month process known in the Catholic Church as RCIA, or Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.
Churches open doors to more converts
In the Nazarene Church, we go through a membership class which lasts a few weeks. In the Lutheran Church, the same. However, these classes do not truly [...]
Missional Church Analysis
05-Mar-08In his article, What Makes a Church Missional?, J. Todd Billings does a decent (although, by necessity, not very in depth) analysis of the concept of the “Missional Church.”
It is fairly balanced, I think. The biggest thing is not that the concept of Missional Church (as currently described is a few decades old) is [...]
What? Me, Unplug?
04-Mar-08A great blog post by brought these three articles to my attention:
Less Television and Computer Gaming May Keep Children Slimmer. Granted, this is kind of a “duh,” however, the reason may not be what you think.
An Email Free Day
I Need a Virtual Break, No, Really.
What I find interesting in the last article is the term [...]
