Over 100 years ago, Charles Spurgeon proclaimed every Christian here is either a missionary or an imposter. Recollect that. You either try to spread abroad the Kingdom of Christ, or else you do not love Him at all. You are either doing good, or you are not good yourself. That kind of challenge has been [...]
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14 Ways to Raise the Bar
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, community, Connecting, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry, Valuable life goal, vision on September 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sage Advice from Billy Graham
Posted in Culture, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, missional, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry, vision on May 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In his new book, The Next Christians, author Gabe Lyons writes that every generation must confront the unique challenges of their era. Here are three questions that must be addressed to do so: What does mission look like in America in the 21st century? How should the message of the Gospel go forward? What does [...]
To The Ends
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged clarity, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, Missional Ministry on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Would you believe that nearly 60% of the US population will never be reached by the current models of the church? Even with a combined annual budget of nearly $107 billion (mint.com), the existing 300,000 churches in the US have failed to connect with over 180 million Americans. Americans who will probably never attend what [...]
Danger Love
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, Connecting, connection, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, legitimacy, love, missional, Missional Ministry, trust on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Li Mei is a 16-year-old orphan here in Guangzhou that nobody ever came for. She’s now too old to be adopted and is no longer eligible for government support. An Indiana couple we’ve gotten to know met her on one of their previous adoption trips and have introduced her to an American missionary here. The [...]
Trusting He’ll Come Through
Posted in Bahler Family Doing Life, tagged Bahler Family Doing Life, love, Missional Ministry, vision on May 2, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Last Friday my wife and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary. Well, we didn’t really celebrate it. In fact, I had forgotten it until my sister emailed with congratulations. I quickly called Annette and in my sweetest voice crooned, “Happy anniversary baby.” She had forgotten too. I expected life to be different at 52. I [...]
We Want to Participate
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Connecting, Consumerism, creative spirit, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, missional, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Valuable life goal on March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Many years ago there was an invalid man who laid by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem. It was believed that the water could heal but the man had no one to help him get in, so for 38 painful years he waited for a chance until Jesus came by. Many of us have unused [...]
Who Will Save Us?
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged building momentum, clarity, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Hope, Leadership, legitimacy, love, missional, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry, vision on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Who will save the church? That depends on what you mean by ‘save.’ If you mean “what will keep things just as they are?” then the answer is nobody will. It’s over. And if you mean “who will maintain that handy place where we get encouraged on weekends, have our weddings and funerals, hang with [...]
2009 – Christianity In Review #2
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged alignment, Authentic, clarity, communication, Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Faith, Leadership, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, trust on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theme #3: Biblical literacy is low and will remain so. Barna’s findings related to Bible knowledge and application indicate that little progress, if any, is being made toward becoming more biblically literate. Barna notes, “Bible reading has become the religious equivalent of sound-bite journalism. When people read from the Bible they typically open it without [...]
Poor People Are 3X More Generous
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, tagged Consumerism, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Leadership, love, Missional Ministry, Relevant Ministry on July 9, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Recent surveys have found that the poor donate a larger percentage of their income per capita than individuals in higher income brackets and their generosity tends to remain higher during economic downturns. The poorest one-fifth of American households with a 2007 average pretax household income of $10,531 gave 4.3 % of their income to charitable [...]
So You Think You’re a Leader
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, building momentum, clarity, communication, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, vision on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The challenges just keep coming at this Exponential09 Conference. If we hope to multiply our talents, there is work to do. Leadership always looks attractive, right? Well, if you want to lead you must first: See what others can’t see Do what others won’t do Be willing to be completely broken That’s a bit less [...]
A Broken Spirit
Posted in Evolving Culture, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, building momentum, communication, Empowering Leadership, Evolving Culture, Hope, Leadership, mega church, missional, Missional Ministry, Purpose, Relevant Ministry, vision on April 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Here are more thoughts from the Exponential09 church planting conference. The theme is “The Art Of Movement” and the talk of the day was about the need for collaboration to create Christ-centered, transformational movements. Dave Ferguson shared that geese can fly 71% further when flying together in formation. So must we work together to build [...]
From Church To Movements
Posted in Evolving Culture, Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, tagged Authentic, Relevant Ministry, Evolving Culture, alignment, clarity, Empowering Leadership, Hope, Missional Ministry on March 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Wow, what a weekend at COMMUNITY! This weekend was Celebration Generosity and it could only be described as a God thing. Thanks to your generosity we will give away over $360,000! That’s over 4X our average weekly giving and the largest single offering we have ever received. Every dollar will be used toward the 4 [...]
Imagination
Posted in Empowering Leadership, Relevant Ministry, Intentional Facilities, tagged Authentic, Relevant Ministry, Evolving Culture, alignment, clarity, building momentum, Empowering Leadership, vision, Hope, Purpose, Consumerism, Missional Ministry on March 12, 2009 | 11 Comments »
50% of adults will not read a book after 18 years of age. That was a statistic shared this afternoon at a CKN Learning Event. We gathered with 18 pastors, authors, and publishers from around the country to ponder how to better align culture, ministry, leadership, and facilities. It was a remarkable experience and there’s a sense of urgency here [...]
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