Monthly Archives: January 2006

I’m a huge Tony Campolo fan. For most you love him or hate him. I don’t always agree with his theology, hey but thats ok, there is a lot of people who don’t buy mine. But you can say one … Continue reading →

Marketing Mistakes Churches Should Avoid from Pastors.com: 1. Thinking marketing is worldly. (I love this line: “True, [markteing] is a business discipline–but that doesn’t make it evil.”) 2. Not targeting an audience. 3. Not learning needs of the people you … Continue reading →

In the January/February issue of Outreach magazine, Koshy Muthalaly draws our attention to two southern California churches, Soulfarers Community and Epic Church. Each month, 15 to 20 volunteers “shower love and concern on moms as young as 14 years old. … Continue reading →

From “Kicking Habitsâ€? by Thomas Brandy The difficulty with perceiving vision is that too often the congregation is unable to discern between an authentic calling of Jesus and its abiding addictions to past ideals, forms, and procedures. “Addictionâ€? is the … Continue reading →