Three times in New Song’s history I’ve been depressed or discouraged over the church’s lack of growth. During our early years, we plateaued at about 230. It happened again at around 400. Then we bounced between 750 and 950 for several years. Every time this happened I would pray, asking the Lord what we needed […]
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12 Prayers That Will Build Your Church
Jesus intends to build his church. And we want to play a significant part in that. Here are twelve prayers that will build your church. 1. Anointed teaching Lord, anoint every teacher in every room of our church this week! Place your Spirit upon the preacher, youth teacher, and every Small Group and Sunday school […]
4 Must-Do’s for Explosive Growth this Fall
One of the most important principles for strengthening your physical body is the principle of stress and release. To build muscles, you must stress them, then release them so they can rebuild and become stronger. It’s also how your church can grow and why summer is the perfect time to prepare for growth this fall. […]
How to Help Other Churches Reach People for Christ
Helping other churches is a multiplication strategy. If you can help someone else do what you do well, you’ve doubled your effectiveness. More importantly, Genesis 12 indicates that we are blessed to be a blessing. Helping others has always been God’s intention for his people, particularly for leaders.
8 Capture Strategies for Vacation Bible School
How do you measure the success of your children’s ministry outreach events? Lots of churches sponsor programs that are at least partly designed to attract children who are not currently part of their fellowship. Vacation Bible School is a prime example. Churches put herculean efforts into drawing unchurched kids to their VBS programs. If that’s one […]