#7. Don’t Wait For Money To Start.
“We will start just as soon as we have the financing to do so.” It may seem reasonable to place this caveat on your...
#6. Don’t Wait For Encouragement From Your Church To Start.
It’s good to receive the right hand of fellowship as Paul referred to it. However, we can’t establish homemade barriers that need to be...
#5 Way Your Group Can Connect: Commit For Long Haul
When God can find people like you, who are willing to be diligent with his activities in a city, he gets excited. God blesses...
#4 Way to Connect to Community–Serve Over and Over and…
One of the keys to making a difference in your community is repetition. Granted, it may seem uncreative to repeat projects, even tedious, but...
#3 Way Your Sm Group Can Connect: Hone In On Golden...
You will probably find there are less than five projects that seem to work remarkably in your community. Think of these as your anointed...
#2 Way Your Small Group Can Connect With Your Community
2. Try A Variety of Serving Projects to See What Works.
Serving is a lot like cooking proverbial spaghetti. To see if it’s done...
Mega Church Pastoral Myth #6: “God is more profoundly present at...
A similar myth follows: "Worship is better in the large church setting."
Probable Reality: Music is usually better at megachurches, but music quality does...
Mega Church Pastoral Myth #5: “We are efficiently raising up leaders.”
Probable Reality: Some leaders are coming up through the organization but there is a tight lid on power at the top.
Most top-level leaders in...
Mega Church Pastoral Myth #4: “We’re glad to be free from...
Probable Reality: Large churches have no fewer occasions to deal with disappointing power politics than smaller congregations, it’s just that the location of the...
Mega Church Pastoral Myth #3: “We have an efficient care system...
Probable Reality: It's particularly easy to slip between the cracks at a mega church.
I have heard pastor after pastor declare, “We are going to...
