musings on leadership in ministry
I’ve been out on the road with my colleagues (and Hospital Corners for one night only) challenging church people to think about the question ‘For what shall we be known?’ It has been fascinating to hear what people around Scotland aspire to and also the things that they think hold them back from being the church that Read More …
I was working with a small group of people gathered from a number of churches recently and the subject to members and money came up. We were talking about how churches could enable new congregations to form and flourish within their church but that these fledgling groups would perhaps need their support to get established. For Read More …
We were having what seems to be a recurring discussion over a meal the other night. The topic: Britain is becoming less ‘Christian’. The premis of the discussion isn’t that there are less Christians in Britain, although that would be true. The assertion is that Britain is a ‘Christian’ country and that it is becoming Read More …
Ben Bell has created this fantastic advent card. Click the picture to link to his Flickr page and download the image (let him know your using it!).
The Niche Church post seems to have turned into a bit of a ‘how can/do/could/should churches promote themselves?’ discussion so in the interests of tidiness let’s have that conversation here. Should churches list in the phone book? Have a website? Place adverts on TV? How would someone new moving to your area know you existed Read More …
What’s so wrong with churches that serve a a particular group of people? Why isn’t there a youth church in each town? A church for elderly people (ok maybe there is one of these most places!), a children’s church… Does the church suffer from trying to be all things to all people? The churches that Read More …
Membership is one of the hot button topics in the church today. Is membership in its current format appropriate for today’s church? Is it appropriate for the church of tomorrow? I guess the arguement centres around whether baptism is the only form of entry into the church of Jesus Christ or if, given some denomination’s practice Read More …