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What you can do to Prevent your Church from going Extinct!

Is your church one that reminisces of the glory days? Oh, how wonderful we were when we….. Or when we had…..? Is your passion and affection for yesterday's church greater than today's? Do you fear tomorrow's church? Has your excitement been fleeting? Is the passion absent? Has fear of change caused you to be over-cautions or even disengaged? Is there a compromise of God's Word and or worldliness going on? Is next Sunday just a run-of-the-mill Sunday with no excitement or urgency to what God has for you?

If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, it is time to revitalize--or become extinct! Learn from over twenty-five years of research, what goes wrong and how to turn your church around… >

More here: Leading the Church and Problem Solving

Research Highlights

Statistics and Reasons for Church Decline

God's marvelous Church has become culturally irrelevant and even distant from is prime purpose of knowing Him, growing in Him, and worshiping Him by making disciples! This is evidenced by what is going on in our culture and in our church. Most of the statistics tell us that...

Statistics on Why Churches Fail

Are you willing to take an honest look at some of the reasons why people are not coming to your church?

More here: Research Findings Why Churches Fail

Growing in Christ is the key to growing a church!

Research Findings Relationship Research

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Financial Challenge

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Biblical Insights, Research & Results for Leading your Church

Leading the Church

Understanding the Theology of Being Saved
Be saved and then repent! "Repent and be saved!" This is a phrase we hear so often, but, have you considered its origins? Is this in the Bible? Surprise…NO, it is not! We may say it with genuine good intentions as both ends of this phrase are very Biblical and essential. We need to repent, and we need to be saved. But, this phrase is actually backwards! It should read, "Be saved and then repent!" (3/7/2008)

Effective Leadership

Jesus Models Suffering and Injustice
Matthew 27: 1- 26, Jesus is handed over! Jesus was obedient! Jesus suffered on our behalf! (2/2/2008)

Being Loyal to Christ and His Bride
We got trouble in our churches--a lack of loyalty. A tough question needs to be asked of ourselves, are we being "harlots" with His Church? Do not refuse God. Teach, preach, be loyal, be fruitful, be faithful, be real for Christ and live it out. By our example, we are used for His glory, giving people known and unknown to us a chance to repent and be saved. (3/8/2013)

Discipleship

How to Start and Lead a Discipleship Program
This primer is intended to help you and your church to start, lead, develop, grow, and manage a mentoring or discipleship or shepherding program. This article can also be used to start and lead small group Bible studies too. (3/8/2008)

Bible Research

The Three Angels
Revelation 14:6-13 (2/12/2008)

Scripture of the Day

Thinking and Providing Biblical and Grace-Centered Theological Resources for the Church