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20 questions for any "value-add" church
Many years ago a pastor told me that churches should be like the famous retailer, Nordstrom—welcoming, tasteful, and endlessly helpful. He modeled his ministry around those values and it showed …
April 13, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
Crisis at County Seat First Church
In my last post, I wrote about five characteristics of healthy churches. While I plan to continue to provide updates, I won't restrict myself exclusively to that topic. There are other situations and …
March 29, 2012 - Thom Rainer
3 fixes from the toolkits of 3 great pastors
Here's a cheat sheet gathered from some phenomenal pastors with whom I've partnered, each of them bringing unique gifts to the institutional table. Quick, hide this... 1. Keep your desk clean, and …
March 16, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
10 reasons I can hardly wait to come back to your church!
My last blog, which was about folks who have dined at our tables and not returned for spiritual seconds, is being followed by this example of churches getting it right. Are you one of them? This is …
March 7, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
5 reasons I won't go back to your church
"I," in this case, is every guest who floats through your church worship services and never returns. Like Charlie, on the M.T.A. (look it up), the ever-buoyant guest may be killing your chances for …
February 24, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
6 things you DON'T/DO want said about your church
Churches want, and rightly so, for their extended communities to speak well of them. These days, a lot of time and money goes into promulgation of good PR about the local church—particularly …
January 20, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
3 Episcopalian "secrets" about worship
You may think that worship in the Episcopalian church is mostly about ritual, but you'd be wrong—as it turns out! My wife and I have been honored by the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas to give …
January 10, 2012 - Doug Lawrence
CSI: Seminary Hill Church
Rick Warren is fond of saying, "There are all kinds of churches for all kinds of people." Leith Anderson wrote in 1992's A Church for the 21st Century that "Traditional churches will be one of the …
March 29, 2011 - David Bowman
CSI: South Fort Worth
The CSI (Church Service Investigations) team recently attended a contemporary church made up primarily of third and fourth-generation Hispanics. The church is exciting and growing. The CSI team chose …
January 12, 2011 - David Bowman
2 Reasons Why It Was Time to "Get Off the Bus"
2 Reasons Why It Was Time to "Get Off the Bus"Worship folks talk about their personal scenarios in churches in transition.This is, in many ways, a sad tale. It's about church musicians who have found …
September 5, 2010 - Doug Lawrence

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