Podcast Episode #390
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Every year, we take a look a the trends we expect to see in the new year. Today, we look at the trends for 2018.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
- People are listening to more audio for learning purposes than ever before.
- The boomer retirement crisis is two-fold: a lot are about to retire, but some will hang on too long.
- The retail bust could be big for churches looking for space. More commercial space than ever before is coming available.
- Every church should be a church for its neighborhood.
- If you are not learning, you are not leading.
- Too many churches overbuilt their worship space in the past.
The ten 2018 trends we cover are:
- The audio revolution.
- Boomer retirement crisis.
- The deferred maintenance crisis in church facilities.
- Churches moving into retail spaces.
- Ongoing church closures.
- The rise of the neighborhood church.
- The learning revolution of the best church leaders.
- Downsizing of worship centers/sanctuaries.
- The rise of networks.
- More Great Commission intentionality.
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