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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… >

More here: Leading the Church and Problem Solving

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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Financial Challenge

We are a ministry making a difference for the Kingdom of God, and...

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Biblical Insights, Research & Results for Leading your Church

Leading the Church

Biblical Stewardship
Stewardship Part II Are you giving what's right, or what's left? In my experiences and observations, I have observed, with sadness, that most people in evangelical circles do not see stewardship as important. A common response to the subject of stewardship is that all we need to have is a good heart, or be sincere in our faith. Our money, and how we manage life is irrelevant. But, is this true? Is God only concerned with our heart? If so, what does that mean? Well, when you read the Bible, you can see that it has a totally different definition of stewardship than what is popular in the church today! (1/15/2008)

Effective Leadership

Preparing The Way Of The Lord
Matthew 3:1 -12, How do you prepare for the Lord in you and in the lives of others? (1/30/2008)

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 Character of Optimism
Is a heartfelt confidence that everything will come out for the best. (1/29/2008)

Bible Research

The Cheat Sheet
The Into Thy Word Bible Study Method is the "cheat sheet" for using the Inductive Bible Study method. Here are all of the inductive steps laid out for you to use to get the most out of your Bible studies! Keep a copy of this tucked in your Bible. Feel free to make copies of this for your personal use; more are available in our book, Into Thy Word! (3/6/2008)

Scripture of the Day

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