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Author Archives: Jay F Guin
Retrospective: On 11 Months of Blogging
Well, it’s been nearly 11 months now since the blog started. I was barely aware of what a blog is (still not quite sure), but friends kept pestering me to put my writings on the internet. I figured I’d post … Continue reading
Merry Christmas
Enjoy this. We’ll consider the theological implications after the 25th!
Preview
Well, the pagan New Year’s Day is approaching, and so it’s time for year-end kind of stuff, like this preview. I’ll be working on the Church Growth series based on Beyond Megachurch Myths for the next several posts. After that, … Continue reading
The Votes Are In!
A few days ago, I asked the readers how often they’d like to see new posts. Some said daily (more more). Sorry, but I do have a church, family, and job. I can’t keep up that pace! Others like a … Continue reading
Church Growth: Organizing for Community Formation
I’ve earlier written about the importance of the church as community, several times. This is not only a theological imperative (that is, a command of God) but also a great cultural need in modern America. People are so individualized, so … Continue reading
Posted in Church Growth, Uncategorized
Tagged All, beyond megachurch myths, boards that make a difference, carver leadership model, church growth, church growth movement, Churches of Christ, dave travis, john carver, megachurches, preachers, scott thumma, servant leadership
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Church Growth: National Trends
I started this series out mentioning that I was reading Beyond Megachurch Myths, a recent statistical study of American Protestant Churches having attendance of 2,000 or more each week on average. I’m finished now, so it’s time to return to … Continue reading
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Tagged All, beyond megachurch myths, church growth, church growth movement, Churches of Christ, dave travis, megachurches, preachers, scott thumma
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Favorite Posts
I just discovered that my software can give me a list of the posts that received the most hits in the last 30 days. The “Top Posts” window in the right-hand column lists the most popular posts for the last … Continue reading
A Question for the Readers
I’ve set the blog software to publish a new post every third day. I had been posting whenever I wrote something, but I think that sometimes I was posting faster than many people care to read. And so I’ve been … Continue reading
Church Growth: Getting the Elders Out of the Way, Part 5
To even consider adopting such an approach, an eldership should consider at least the following: Ministers should help develop policy. While policy is from the owner (Jesus), through the elders, to the staff, it just won’t work unless the minister … Continue reading
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Church Growth: Getting the Elders Out of the Way, Part 4
Let’s consider the pros and cons of the Policy Governance Leadership Model as applied to churches. Pros — * The ministerial staff is given clear direction from the elders. They sit down and say (a) this is what we expect … Continue reading
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