Re-Engaging the Doners

By Rob Campbell, www.cypresscreekchurch.com In my blog post last week, I cited the following three reasons why “Doners Get Done.” First, they may be suffering from “familiarity breeds contempt.” Second, “Doners” have not discovered a compelling answer to...

Sawdust

by Jeff Tunnell Allow me to crawl out on a limb and hand you the saw. When you’ve had enough, just cut the limb and drop me off. As a long-term pastor in North America I have encountered Dones regularly.  Now we study them, give them credibility, offer them an...

Activating Those “Done” with the Church

by Joel Comiskey One of the best kept secrets is that the pastor grows more than those sitting in the church. The pastor has to depend on Jesus to effectively minister. The pastor draws close to God in the preparation of the sermon, when visiting the sick, or...

A Church in the Crucible

by Steve Cordle, www.crossroadsumc.org A host of recent studies have all come to the same conclusion: the Church in the U.S. is losing ground. We’re told that Church members are not attending worship as often as they used to. Many in the millennial generation...

Word and Spirit

by Mario Vega, www.elim.org.sv Some people stop attending church because they think they know the Bible, are tired of routine singing, and don’t want to give their tithe and offerings. With regard to listening to sermons, to some extent they might be right if...