Facility Crises and How Churches Are Responding

-
0

Podcast Episode #538

SUBSCRIBE:
iTunes • RSS • Stitcher • TuneIn Radio • Google Play • iHeart Radio • Spotify

Almost every church has some kind of facility issue. From being too big or not big enough, facilities rarely match the pace of a church’s growth or decline. Today, we discuss these facility changes and the needs found in many churches across America.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

  • You can only lead effectively in the direction in which people are willing to follow.
  • Deferred maintenance always costs you more than if you stayed on top of the needs when they arise.
  • If your church facility is extremely underused, consider partnering with a church plant or like-minded ministry. Many of them need space, and some churches have a great amount of unused space.
  • Be creative in how and who uses your church facility during the week. Use your facility to minister to the community when possible.

The seven points we discuss are:

  1. First problem: deferred maintenance
  2. Second problem: wrong-size worship centers
  3. Third problem: low occupancy
  4. Some churches are merging with churches without facilities
  5. Relaunching may grow
  6. The need for diagnosis
  7. The future of partnerships with businesses

Resources mentioned in today’s podcast

Rainer on Leadership is a member of the LifeWay Leadership Podcast Network

Episode Sponsors

Vanderbloemen has been serving churches for nine years, but did you know that Vanderbloemen also serves Christian schools, nonprofits, and Christian businesses? So…

… Read More

—

Click here to read the rest of the story from our content source/partners – Thom Rainer.

قالب وردپرس

What can Christians learn from ‘Game of Thrones’?

-
0
What can Christians learn from ‘Game of Thrones’?

Game of Thrones ended Sunday night after eight seasons. It was broadcast in 207 countries and territories and was one of the most popular series on television.

Because of its pornographic sexual content and extreme violence, I did not watch the show. But I believe culture-changing Christians can learn something important from it.

Two months of testing for a wig

Game of Thrones filmed in ten countries. The series used 12,986 extras and two thousand crew members in Northern Ireland alone. It included three thousand pyrotechnic effects, fifty miles of fabric for costumes, and more than twenty-four thousand pounds of silicone for prosthetics. Wigs for one of the lead characters required two months of testing and seven prototypes.

Over its first seven seasons, the series received 174 award nominations and won sixty-three times.

The series is just one example of the fact that our culture’s moral compass is broken. A generation ago, a movie as violent and pornographic as Game of Thrones would have been X-rated.

But while Christians should reject the show’s immoral worldview, we should ask ourselves: If such a television series can be produced with professional excellence, how much more does our Father deserve excellence from us?

The other side of the equation

Yesterday, we focused on the urgency of reliance on God. Jesus taught us that if we would be truly blessed and used by our Lord, we must be “poor in spirit,” utterly dependent on our Father (Matthew 5:3). The Lord of the universe can do so much more with us than we can do for him.

Today, let’s consider the other side of the equation.

No one in Christian history was more Spirit-led and Spirit-dependent than the Apostle Paul. He said of himself, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20). He followed God’s leading into regions he did not intend to visit (cf. Acts 16:6–10). He…

… Read More

—

Click Read More to read the rest of the story from our content source/partners – Denison Forum.

قالب وردپرس

Retired teacher believed messages from lover were actually from God, murder trial hears

-
0
Retired teacher believed messages from lover were actually from God, murder trial hears

Benjamin Field, 28, used a white marker pen to leave biblical messages for 83-year-old Ann Moore-Martin as part of a campaign of “gaslighting”.

Field – 57 years her junior – sent Miss Moore-Martin letters, postcards and poems speaking of his love and discussing marriage during a year-long seduction.

 

The church warden, who admits being in a fraudulent relationship with Miss Moore-Martin, also wrote messages urging her to give him £27,000 towards the cost of a dialysis machine, purportedly for his seriously ill brother Tom, 24.

Oxford Crown Court heard that Miss Moore-Martin, who never married or had children, later changed her will to leave her home in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, to Field but changed her mind shortly before she died in May 2017 and alleged Field had poisoned her.

The jury was told Field had taken photographs of the messages, which were later recovered from his phone following his arrest.

The first message, illustrated with a cross, said: “All that you give him, He will return, Ten fold.”

A second message said: “Your intentions are holy, Your work is not yet done, Take care and complete the task, Given to you by the Lord.”

A third said: “Your soul will proceed directly to heaven, Her soul to joy; his to perfection, This good you will can never be undone. Peace is yours in me, your Lord. Amen.”

A final message said: “Pray for Ben, Ben loves you.”

Joyce Meyer Devotional 21 May 2019 — Love Can Change People

CM Editor
-
0

The post Joyce Meyer Devotional 21 May 2019 — Love Can Change People appeared first on Flatimes.

Keys to Family Dominion (Part 3) by Pastor Faith Oyedepo

CM Editor
-
0

The post Keys to Family Dominion (Part 3) by Pastor Faith Oyedepo appeared first on Flatimes.

Anglican Communion 21 May 2019 – Three Inputs for a Fruitful Marriage

CM Editor
-
0

The post Anglican Communion 21 May 2019 – Three Inputs for a Fruitful Marriage appeared first on Flatimes.

MFM Daily Devotional 21 May 2019 – The Spirit Life (II)

CM Editor
-
0

The post MFM Daily Devotional 21 May 2019 – The Spirit Life (II) appeared first on Flatimes.

Kenneth Copeland Devotional 21 May 2019 – Possess Your Promised Land

CM Editor
-
0

The post Kenneth Copeland Devotional 21 May 2019 – Possess Your Promised Land appeared first on Flatimes.

DCLM Daily Manna 21 May 2019 – Lesson Through Despair

CM Editor
-
0

The post DCLM Daily Manna 21 May 2019 – Lesson Through Despair appeared first on Flatimes.

Andrew Wommack Devotional 21 May 2019 – Jesus Tried Her Faith

CM Editor
-
0

The post Andrew Wommack Devotional 21 May 2019 – Jesus Tried Her Faith appeared first on Flatimes.

1...1,0801,0811,082...3,893Page 1,081 of 3,893