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August 11, 2012

Congregations with NO Web Presence Are Waiting to Fail

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gathers statistics from congregations and publishes a searchable database on the internet. It is called the ELCA Trend report. If […]
August 8, 2012

The Path to Church Growth: Empower the Laity

For centuries the Church has allowed the clergy to direct mission. It worked for a while, especially when church professionals were willing to labor in the […]
August 6, 2012

Object Lesson for Adults: August 12, 2012

1 Kings 19:4-8, Psalm 34:1-8, Ephesians 4:25-5:2, John 6:35, 41-51 This week’s object is a potato chip (or perhaps a peanut). Eat one yourself and start […]
August 4, 2012

Involving Laity in Planning Church Worship

Who Should Plan Worship? The fallback thinking is that pastors or organists plan worship. Let’s look at worship planning from the small congregation’s point of view. […]
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