TOM'S BLOG

There are often various misconceptions of discipleship. Discipleship takes place when people attend church programs. In fact, much good teaching can take place during church, but it is often too...

 A significant issue that the contemporary church experiences today is a passive aggressive tendency in dealing with conflict. The NYU Medical Center defines a passive aggressive individual as...

The implicit goal of leadership is not in keeping people happy, but helping them become holy. Help people to explore the faith, discover God’s love, and keep growing at living out and...

In this month’s edition of the Church Revitalizer blog, I want to pose this question “How Do You Gauge If Your Church Members are Getting Stronger Spiritually?” As we discuss the...

There is power in new! The reality is that new groups connect more people than existing groups. Because everyone in the group is new, a new group makes it easier for newcomers to connect than...

It is so important in the day in which we are ministering that we discover our next Timothy’s and begin coaching them for reaching an up and coming generation. Where are the mentors for this...

It is interesting in an era where church planting is so incredibly popular and ministers are choosing to plant a church over pastoring an existing church that we church members do not strive to...

Why is the preacher population dwindling and what can we as associations do about it? Initially might I say that the decreasing preacher population has perhaps more to do with individual wiring of...

Church revitalization experts and local associations or networks are influencing churches all over the western hemisphere with the great challenge of church revitalization and renewal. What should...

The Bible declares in 1 Peter 2:9 as Christians:

“We (you) are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God’s instruments to do...

While much of the last few editions of The Church Revitalizer blog has been focused on volunteers within our churches, a word needs to be offered for the clergy both young and old.

Remember the...