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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!

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Biblical Insights, Research & Results for Leading your Church

Leading the Church

All About Small Groups!
Think about this point: How do we live the Christian life? How do we apply His precepts? But, most of us live in a culture that fosters isolation, personal pride, loneliness, individualistic mindsets, hedonism, suspicion, distrust, and the fear of being vulnerable. Thus, (5/6/2008)

Effective Leadership

No Fear of Failure
No Fear of Failure is the ability to take a risk and keep the focus and attention on our call and obedience! (1/14/2008)

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 Attentiveness
Will recognize the value of other people. (1/29/2008)

Bible Research

Why should we study the Bible?
Many pastors are going into their pulpits ignorant, either not knowing the tools or how to use those tools. This is why a lot of pastors are not leading Bible studies in our churches, and why so few churches even have a Bible study. (3/6/2008)

Scripture of the Day

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