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We often hear from church leaders who desire to know exactly what success looks like in a church revitalization. The word "success" is loaded and tends to evoke a lot of emotions. In this three-part series, Mark and Thom provide clarity and guidance about this term. In the third episode, they look at revitalization successes that cannot be precisely defined. The post Defining Success in a Church Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 3: Revitalization Successes That Cannot Be Precisely...

We often hear from church leaders who desire to know exactly what success looks like in a church revitalization. The word "success" is loaded and tends to evoke a lot of emotions. In this three-part series, Mark and Thom provide clarity and guidance about this term. In the second episode, they look at why numerical growth is not always a measure of church revitalization success. The post Defining Success in a Church Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 2: Why Numerical Growth Is Not...

We often hear from church leaders who desire to know exactly what success looks like in a church revitalization. The word "success" is loaded and tends to evoke a lot of emotions. In this three-part series, Mark and Thom provide clarity and guidance about this term. In the first episode, they look at myths of church revitalization success. The post Defining Success in a Church Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 1: Four Myths of Church Revitalization Success appeared first on Church...

In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at the new research from Church Answers detailing how churches are growing since the pandemic. In this third part, they provide an overview of five of the key actions churches are taking to grow in a post-COVID world. The post How Churches Are Growing in a Post-COVID World – Part 3: Five Specific Actions in Growing Churches in a Post-COVID World appeared first on Church Answers.

In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at new research from Church Answers detailing how churches are growing since the pandemic. In this second part, they provide insights into the attitudes of leaders among the growing churches. The post How Churches Are Growing in a Post-COVID World – Part 2: The Attitudinal Shift in Growing Churches in a Post-COVID World appeared first on Church Answers.

In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at new research from Church Answers detailing how churches are growing since the pandemic. In this first part, they provide an overview of the research and the primary characteristics of the "other" churches -- churches that are declining. The post How Churches Are Growing in a Post-COVID World – Part 1: The Churches That Are Not Growing appeared first on Church Answers.

In this three-part series, Mark and Thom look at nine of the greatest fears of those leading church revitalization. These issues apply to those already leading revitalization and those considering revitalization. They will do a deep dive on three issues in this special series. The post Overcoming the 9 Greatest Fears in Church Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 3 of 3 appeared first on Church Answers.

In this three-part series, Mark and Thom look at nine of the greatest fears of those leading church revitalization. These issues apply to those already leading revitalization and those considering revitalization. They will do a deep dive on three issues in this special series. The post Overcoming the 9 Greatest Fears in Church Revitalization – A Three-Part Series – Part 2 of 3 appeared first on Church Answers.

In this three-part series, Mark and Thom look at nine of the greatest fears of those leading church revitalization. These issues apply to those already leading revitalization and those considering revitalization. They will do a deep dive on three issues in each of the next three episodes. The post Overcoming the 9 Greatest Fears in Church Revitalization – Part 1 of 3 – Overcoming the Fears of Failure, Comparisons, and Loneliness appeared first on Church Answers.

One of the most common questions we get in church revitalization is: "How can we get extra funding to help our church? In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at three ways to get extra income that are not often utilized by churches. In part 3, they examine the idea of the church having a massive garage sale. The post How to Increase Income in a Revitalization – A Three-Part Series – Part 3: The Really Big Garage Sale appeared first on Church Answers.

One of the most common questions we get in church revitalization is: "How can we get extra funding to help our church? In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at three ways to get extra income that are not often utilized by churches. In part 2, they examine the idea of planned giving in the church. The post How to Increase Income in a Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 2: The Stewardship of Planned Giving appeared first on Church Answers.

One of the most common questions we get in church revitalization is: "How can we get extra funding to help our church? In this three-part series, Kevin and Thom look at three ways to get extra income that are not often utilized by churches. In part 1, they examine the idea of leasing part of the church facility. The post How to Increase Income in a Revitalization: A Three-Part Series – Part 1: Leasing Part of the Church Facility appeared first on Church Answers.

There is a plethora of information about churches facing a new pace of change due to COVID. There are many conversations about attendance declines. In this episode, Kevin and Thom look at five consequences for churches that don't get much attention. You might be surprised. The post Five Rarely Articulated Consequences of COVID for Churches appeared first on Church Answers.

Based on trends in 2021 and thus far in 2022, Kevin and Thom are able to pinpoint some key characteristics of churches that are in decline in 2022. The post The Four Most Common Reasons for Attendance Decline in 2022 appeared first on Church Answers.

Mark and Thom look at some of the unspoken but very real issues in church revitalization. They confront the reality of the issue and then offer a pathway to deal with it. In this third of three episodes, they examine the challenge of realizing you aren't the leader you thought you were. The post Part 3 of 3: Elephants in the Room in Revitalization – “I Overestimated My Leadership Ability, but I am Afraid to Admit It” appeared first on Church Answers.

Mark and Thom look at some of the unspoken but very real issues in church revitalization. They confront the reality of the issue and then offer a pathway to deal with it. In this second of three episodes, they examine the challenge a revitalization leader has when he thinks the denomination or network is not supportive. The post Part 2 of 3: Elephants in the Room in Revitalization – “My Denomination Does Not Support our Church” appeared first on Church Answers.

Mark and Thom look at some of the unspoken but very real issues in church revitalization. They confront the reality of the issue and then offer a pathway to deal with it. In this first of three episodes, they examine the challenge when a spouse wants to leave a church but the pastor or staff member does not. The post Part 1 of 3: Elephants in the Room in Revitalization – “My Spouse is Ready to Leave the Church, but I’m Not” appeared first on Church Answers.

Kevin and Thom look at a common issue facing many churches: low commitment of church members. They take you on a three-part journey that both explains the reasons for the low commitment and ways your church can move to higher commitments. In this third of three episodes, they explain how to move church members to higher commitment. The post Leading a Low-Commitment Church to Become a High Commitment Church – Episode 3 of 3: Leading Members to Higher Commitment appeared first on Church...

Kevin and Thom look at a common issue facing many churches: low commitment of church members. They take you on a three-part journey that both explains the reasons for the low commitment and ways your church can move to higher commitments. In this second of three episodes, they explain how to move leaders to higher commitment. The post Leading a Low-Commitment Church to Become a High Commitment Church – Episode 2 of 3: Leading Leaders to Higher Commitment appeared first on Church Answers.

Kevin and Thom look at a common issue facing many churches: low commitment of church members. They take you on a three-part journey that both explains the reasons for the low commitment and ways your church can move to higher commitments. In this first of three episodes, they examine the background of how churches go this way. The post Leading a Low-Commitment Church to Become a High Commitment Church – Episode 1 of 3: How Low-Commitment Churches Got That Way appeared first on Church...