Why Perseverance Matters in Church Community Engagement It’s a common pattern: you launch a new ministry or outreach effort with excitement and energy, only to feel that momentum start to fade. In those moments, many leaders make a critical mistake — they give up too soon. But relationship-based ministry doesn’t move in straight lines. As […]
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Every church wants to make a meaningful difference in its community—but too often, well-intentioned efforts fizzle out, volunteers burn out, or programs feel disconnected from your church’s core mission. The Church Community Engagement Workshop this October is designed to change that. Over three days, you and other church leaders will roll up your sleeves, share
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Discover how your congregation can thrive by connecting with your community. The Shift in Church Growth Trends You know the landscape of American Christianity has changed and is changing. While traditional Sunday attendance continues to decline across denominations, something remarkable is happening in congregations that have embraced a different approach. Churches that are actively engaging
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by Robert Broesler In this new year, with 2016 characterized by so much turmoil, anger and fear I am moved to share with you a very hopeful story. It is about an unknown hero who, every day, offers steady, patient hope to a community in Wilmington. This person is a police officer whose “beat” is
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We like to think of collaboration as functioning on a continuum from cooperation to collaboration to partnership to merger where the terms are defined as follows: Cooperation: neither organization shares resources but they do refer their clients to other organizations who are capable of fulfilling needs which the referring organization cannot accomplish. Examples would be
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The rector, as the leader of the congregation is expected to have a vision, to set a direction and inspire others to follow. His goals may be in tension with the parishioners – in the Christian prophetic tradition, this is actually expected. If Jesus had waited for the disciples to be “aligned”, he would never
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