Category: Starting a New Ministry

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Discipleship, Church Growth, Starting a New Church, Starting a New Ministry

A Brand New and Amazing Strategic Partnership is Being Developed.

Let’s start the conversation. Here’s a few highly accurate statistics to wrap your hearts and heads around. Critical Realism is Essential to Understand! 1) The average lifespan of a local church is between 80-120 years. 2) Approximately 4,000 new churches in the United States of America are planted each year. 90% won’t survive past 6 years. 3) At best, only 86% of new church plants … Continue reading A Brand New and Amazing Strategic Partnership is Being Developed.

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Church Growth, Evangelism, Pastoral Training, Starting a New Church, Starting a New Ministry, Theology

The False Notion of Unity

The seemingly endless human frailty regarding attempting to empower unity will not and cannot exist under the harsh yoke of singularity of thought. That notion is dramatically foolish. Unity cannot be ultimately successful in its hope of longevity if it is fueled by sycophantic non-thinking zombies. Truly sustainable unity is a guided process of complementary discovery and acceptance within a general construct of building a … Continue reading The False Notion of Unity

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Christian Education, Church Growth, Discipleship, Pastoral Training, Starting a New Ministry, Theology

The Critical Reality is…

Chapter excerpt from my new book, True Stories of a Christian Leader (2024) At the beginning of this book the first chapter was entitled, The Truth is… Those three little periods after the word “is” are called an ellipsis. When a writer installs the ellipsis, they are communicating with the reader, there’s something else coming or there is more to say. After the proceeding 18 … Continue reading The Critical Reality is…

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Church Growth, Discipleship, Pastoral Training, Starting a New Church, Starting a New Ministry, Video

6 Categories of Sustainable Transformational Change

If you or your organization is experiencing significant challenges relating to understanding the process of and the subsequent applications of transformational change, I CAN HELP.The proprietary summary of the 6 CATEGORIES OF TRANSFORMATION is provided below for your review. Look forward to being in partnership with your needs. For consultations reach out via email, revitalizeyourchurch@gmail.com Continue reading 6 Categories of Sustainable Transformational Change

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Church Growth, Discipleship, Pastoral Training, Starting a New Ministry, Theology

The Reality of Systematic Racism

By: Ed Schneider Senator, Lindsay Graham, from South Carolina, stated recently that he believes there exists “no systematic racism” in the United States. In response to Senator Graham and others who have not shared in the overwhelmingly and painfully obvious realities of awakening to the declaration that “systematic racism” exists in the daily construct of a significant percentage of the American population, let me offer … Continue reading The Reality of Systematic Racism

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Church Growth, Pastoral Training, Starting a New Ministry

Finding Your Next Pastor

Here’s my newest book. It will definitely assist Christian congregations when they are in search of a new pastoral leader. It is a step by step guide from the first day your church knows they will be without a pastor all the way through the calling process and initial support of new leadership. EVERY SEARCH TEAM or sending authority needs this book. Finding Your Next … Continue reading Finding Your Next Pastor

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