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Already Gone - Why Your Kids Will Leave Church
Few of us can contest the fact that our children and youth are leaving the Church (not just our congregations). This week Drs. Kris and Bill look at the latest studies but not without sharing experience, hope, and practical suggestions for turning these trends around.View
Raising the Dead - Church Growth in Dying Communities
It's no longer true (if it ever was) that congregations cannot grow in dying communities. Indeed, if ever there is a need for strong, life-giving congregations, it's in declining areas. In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris share stories of hope and resurrection in places other people gave up on long ago. Listen for encouragement, to share your encouragement, and to learn how just about any congregation can grow in any setting.View
The Games Congregations Play - Or Need to Be
The congregations that play together stay together. How well and how often does your congregation play together? In this episode Drs. Bill and Kris will offer hints for helpful play and fortuitous fun that can make a big difference in your congregation. Are you game?View
Easter Guests - Who's Coming & How to Reach Them
Guess who's coming to Easter? Do you know? Is it really whom you expect? And at the end of all the Easter services and celebrations, will you be prepared to follow-up and really reach them? Join Drs. Kris and Bill for insight into whom you'll likely encounter Easter morning . .. and how you can help them encounter the Risen Lord in new and compelling ways.View
Growing Church Leaders - An Introduction to Spiritual Disciplines that Work
Join Drs. Kris and Guest Jay Stevenson this week as they move through a brief introduction to disciplines that can grow your spiritual life, and that of your congregation. Because the quality of our corporate worship truly depends on the quality of each worshipper's personal worship, this is a topic of great importance and impact that you won't want to miss.View
To Team or Not to Team: And Does It Really Matter?
A few years ago, there was a popular move to "convert" committees, departments, name-your-group into "teams." Are teams better than committeees? Than departments? This week Drs. Bill and Kris consider these questions and more. And, more importantly, they'll be talking about the who, what, wheres, and whys of effecting teams for effective ministry.View
Finding the Relationships You Need in Ministry
It depends on who you read this week. Once upon a time, it was said that every leader needed a mentor, a coach, and someone you're mentoring (a mentee). In Len Sweet's recent book, he listed the eleven people you need. Whether you're on one end of the scale of the other, the real question is: "How do I find these people, get into a working relationship with these people, and afford all these people?" Well, Drs. Bill and Kris will have some answers (and probably some questions) in this View
Barbeque First - Effectively Inviting Your Neigbors to Church
Mark Mittelberg said it first in Becoming a Courageous Christian and we've been saying it ever since: "Barbeque first." That's a shortcut code for "If you're going to invite your neighbor to church, build a relationship with them before you go Christian all over them." It was good advice back in 1994, and it's good advice a decade later. In this episode, Drs. Kris and Bill will share some of the secrets to getting a positive response when you invite your neighbView
The Three S's of a Rockin' Nursery
It's been said that only two "programs" grow a church: Relevant, indigenous worship and excellent children's programming. Children's programming begins in the nursery. In today's cultural climate, if your church is serious about reaching young families (or grandparents with local grandkids, for that matter), your nursery had better be "up to snuff" in the three S's - Safety, Sanitary, and Security. In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris will help you and your congregation kView
How To Leave a Church
There comes a time in almost every church leader's life when it's time to move on. Whether it's because you've done all you can do, run up against a wall that you can't get over (or go around), or taken as much as you can take, leaving may seem the best option. Before you do, though, you'll want to tune in to this episode with Drs. Kris and Bill as they explore they why's, when's, and wherefore's of leaving a church ... and if leaving is the next step, show you how to do it without leaving a traView