I’m a church planter at heart. Any church planter will tell you this means you have to do it all and learn how to do it all. Over the years, I’ve gotten very adept at things. Things I was never trained for at seminary and that I had no prior experience in. Things that I…
Are we still normal? At Ministry Architects, we’ve worked with over 1,000 churches, and, inevitably, this is THE most frequently asked question. Based on all that we’ve seen and come to understand about what helps support a sustainable ministry, we’ve developed some norms. These benchmarks and ministry statistics are just a way to compare some…
I received an email recently that posed the question, “Is your church stuck at 1,000-2,000?” And I thought, stuck?!? What do they mean, “stuck”??? In an age where ragebait follows are ever-increasing, please know: my reaction wasn’t anger. I’m not mad that an organization is trying to help large churches reach more people. It’s great…