Tag: unstuck
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Does Your Church Have Ministry Silos?
Ministry silos are one of the most common dysfunctions in churches across our country, and they hinder ministry health and growth. If you’ve ever been in a church with ministry silos you know it. People and ministries share the same roof but do nearly everything in isolation. Outside of Sundays, they rarely combine their efforts.…
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7 Articles that will Help your Church Make Vision Real
Thank you for making April an incredible month here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real! It’s great staying connected with you through social media and hearing that these articles have been helpful. So, thank you for connecting with me through the content on this blog! You made these the top 7 Posts from this last…
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5 Essential Tests for Churches who want to Grow
You may have heard that 90% of the 300,000 churches in America run 350 or fewer in attendance and that the average church size is 75 attendees (from Duke University’s National Congregations Study). We know that thousands of pastors who want to reach more people with the love of Jesus can’t pinpoint exactly what’s holding…
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5 Reasons Churches Don’t Grow
Stuckness is no respecter of the “brand” or “flavor” of a church. All kinds of churches across America are stuck. Large churches, small churches, old churches, new churches, Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Nazarene churches, Presbyterian church and even non-denominational churches are stuck. In fact Thom Rainer, President and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources has stated…
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Why Churches Don’t Grow: #5 A Leadership Void
This is the final post in a series of blog posts that I’ve been sharing about the 5 key contributors that lead to 80% of churches in America being stuck or in decline. These key contributors have been observed repeatedly in our work with churches at the Unstuck Group. While churches get stuck and decline…