Add to ORKGThe church in North America is in decline. Research indicates that many churches are not growing or even considered “healthy.” More and more churches are addressing their declining attendance through hiring consultants to identify areas of growth and improvement. The key is finding the right consultant or consulting firm for the needs of the local church. This article seeks to help the local church ask the right questions when selecting a consultant or consulting firm
Other than a congregation’s beliefs and values, the two key aspects most helpful in understanding a ...
The plateaued and declining churches are a great challenge for denominational leaders. This paper de...
This article presents a way to understand church growth from the perspective of reaching, assimilati...
The church in North America is in decline. Research indicates that many churches are not growing or ...
Church consultation is a broad discipline that covers many facets of church needs. And the field cov...
My longtime friend and colleague, Alan McMahan, asked for an article that would sum up my observatio...
The North American church is plateaued and dying. The last decade has seen many attempts to revitali...
The rise of the church growth movement in the early 1970’s 1 produced new insights and understanding...
While the population of the United States grows, the percentage of people attending church continues...
In this article, I want to challenge the complexity and mechanism of some of the consulting practice...
The group known as the Churches of Christ is one of America’s largest religious bodies with over 1.5...
Dr. Towns surveys the movements and personalities that brought the Church Growth Movement into being...
Church planting has become an effective method for revitalizing denominations. In many cases, howeve...
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” This familiar sayin...
Donald McGavran’s pioneering contribution to understanding the growth of churches and Christian move...
Other than a congregation’s beliefs and values, the two key aspects most helpful in understanding a ...
The plateaued and declining churches are a great challenge for denominational leaders. This paper de...
This article presents a way to understand church growth from the perspective of reaching, assimilati...
The church in North America is in decline. Research indicates that many churches are not growing or ...
Church consultation is a broad discipline that covers many facets of church needs. And the field cov...
My longtime friend and colleague, Alan McMahan, asked for an article that would sum up my observatio...
The North American church is plateaued and dying. The last decade has seen many attempts to revitali...
The rise of the church growth movement in the early 1970’s 1 produced new insights and understanding...
While the population of the United States grows, the percentage of people attending church continues...
In this article, I want to challenge the complexity and mechanism of some of the consulting practice...
The group known as the Churches of Christ is one of America’s largest religious bodies with over 1.5...
Dr. Towns surveys the movements and personalities that brought the Church Growth Movement into being...
Church planting has become an effective method for revitalizing denominations. In many cases, howeve...
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” This familiar sayin...
Donald McGavran’s pioneering contribution to understanding the growth of churches and Christian move...
Other than a congregation’s beliefs and values, the two key aspects most helpful in understanding a ...
The plateaued and declining churches are a great challenge for denominational leaders. This paper de...
This article presents a way to understand church growth from the perspective of reaching, assimilati...