Aug 26, 2020
Keep people from leaving. That's the priority focus of churches in the Preservation phase of the typical church lifecycle.
Churches in this phase put very little focus on reaching new people for Jesus, and there’s a strong desire to “return to the good old days.”
Decision-making gets bogged down in multiple...
Aug 19, 2020
Google “Covid Accelerating Change.” It’s happening everywhere—it’s rapidly changing the workplace, our habits, digitization, how we connect and much more.
Over the past few years, the Church has experienced a significant amount of change. And, like the rest of the world, the pandemic is accelerating these...
Aug 12, 2020
Following the leader. A merger is always more successful when each church is clear on who leads and who follows.
But for the church in the following role, deciding to merge with another ministry raises difficult questions related to governance, what happens to staff leaders and specific ministries, who has decision...
Aug 5, 2020
Better together? Over the past decade, we've seen a trend in churches merging together for many different reasons... and it seems likely that this trend will only increase in a post-pandemic world.
On the positive side—healthy, mission-focused churches are benefitting: