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What you can do to Prevent your Church from going Extinct!

Is your church one that reminisces of the glory days? Oh, how wonderful we were when we….. Or when we had…..? Is your passion and affection for yesterday's church greater than today's? Do you fear tomorrow's church? Has your excitement been fleeting? Is the passion absent? Has fear of change caused you to be over-cautions or even disengaged? Is there a compromise of God's Word and or worldliness going on? Is next Sunday just a run-of-the-mill Sunday with no excitement or urgency to what God has for you?

If you have answered "yes" to any of these questions, it is time to revitalize--or become extinct! Learn from over twenty-five years of research, what goes wrong and how to turn your church around… >

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Research Highlights

Statistics and Reasons for Church Decline

God's marvelous Church has become culturally irrelevant and even distant from is prime purpose of knowing Him, growing in Him, and worshiping Him by making disciples! This is evidenced by what is going on in our culture and in our church. Most of the statistics tell us that...

Statistics on Why Churches Fail

Are you willing to take an honest look at some of the reasons why people are not coming to your church?

More here: Research Findings Why Churches Fail

Growing in Christ is the key to growing a church!

Research Findings Relationship Research

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Biblical Insights, Research & Results for Leading your Church

Leading the Church

Sanctification
True Sanctification (His Part) is surrendering ourselves entirely to the Holy Spirit, to have His way working in us. Consecration (our part) is being (Gal. 6:14) dedicated to God's service! (3/7/2008)

Effective Leadership

Point to Christ! Ephesians 2: 1-10
We are never to forget or forsake the basics of our Christianity, by Grace alone, by faith alone, by Christ alone, which we get through Scripture alone all to give God the Glory. The church leadership and pastor's job is to point to Christ, His Word, and help manage a response to our house and community. (9/20/2016)

Being Loyal to Christ and His Bride
We got trouble in our churches--a lack of loyalty. A tough question needs to be asked of ourselves, are we being "harlots" with His Church? Do not refuse God. Teach, preach, be loyal, be fruitful, be faithful, be real for Christ and live it out. By our example, we are used for His glory, giving people known and unknown to us a chance to repent and be saved. (3/8/2013)

Discipleship

The Essentials of Discipleship
Faith…Hope…Love, are central and crucial gifts of God, such aspects of the resulting new life we have in Christ. These gifts turn into virtues by our application of them. If these are not being produced, then there is a real critical problem. These three essentials help us bringing forth fruit; the central feature of our faith development is whether the work of the Spirit and God's love is being exhibited in us. (3/8/2008)

Bible Research

The Final Bowls of God's Wrath
Revelation 16:12-21 (2/12/2008)

Scripture of the Day

Thinking and Providing Biblical and Grace-Centered Theological Resources for the Church