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Vitalization - A Change Of Heart
Prior to change of habit comes a change of heart. If you want to vitalize your church, understanding this change of heart is crucial for you and your congregation.
Vitalization - Better Together
In order to cheat the law of church life cycle, a church must biblically “recatalyze” when it encounters or is about to encounter plateau. Then it can overcome the impending inertia and press forward with another chapter of growth.
How To Lead Worship In A Way That Reaches Lost People
Look at our worship experience through the lens of a non-Christian. Church is soooo boring and irrelevant. Especially our music. We want people to meet Jesus, but if they check out in the first few minutes of a service because they’re disengaged, you likely will not win them back.
Canadians Reaching Canadians
We still hear stories of people coming to Jesus Christ. So, what does that look like in Canada? Here are some insights into how Canadians can reach Canadians.
7 Things I Learned From Vitalization
Vitalization is way more than getting a definition of success right. It’s a learning process. It’s doing what Jesus calls his leader/followers to become—faithful and fruitful.
What Do We Do?
“What do you do?”
This is a common question in our world that we have probably answered countless times. However, what about our fellowship, our tribe, us as Pentecostals, what do we do?…
5 Ways To Reach Your Campus
As you think about the fall and suitable ministry opportunities, give some consideration to the university and college campuses in your area.
7 Opportunities To Serve Your Community
The more you seek to serve your community, the greater the opportunity for a positive Christian witness…
4 Ideas For Outreach Into Your Community
How can you engage your community on a regular basis and build bridges of relationship? Here are four ideas that you can use to engage your community.
4 Questions To Help Your Church Become Outward Bound
The natural gravitational pull of every church is to become inward focused. Eventually, it becomes about us and our preferences over the mission of the church; reaching lost people…
Being Relentlessly Outward Bound
A value that I’ve seen being adopted by vitalized churches is to be “Relentlessly Outward Bound.” This becomes a core statement in the life of the church that helps congregants identify exactly what the church is here to do…
3 Key Relationships To Form Within Your Community
Unless we are intentional, the community will not come to us. Pastors and ministry leaders should be spending intentional time each week building relationships into the community…
Engage Your Community This Summer
It’s always a good idea to build bridges into your community but Summer is a great time here in ABNWT. Do whatever you can to reach those who are not yet a part of the family of God…
Beyond The Walls
Week after week there seems to be a disconnect between the desire to reach people with the gospel, and the actual doing. What is holding your congregation back? What could really get you the results you’re praying for?
Vitalization Workbook
The old Home Depot logo said, “You can do it, we can help”. As a district, that is the posture we want to take. We are in your corner. We are here to serve.
It All Rests On This One Thing
The main mission of the church is the mission of Jesus Christ; “To Seek and Save the Lost” (Luke 19:10)…
Re-Thinking Mission
The Church of Jesus Christ is the incarnate body of Christ today carrying out the same mission Jesus Christ carried out over 2,000 years ago…
Disciple Making
Too often we take a very narrow view of what Jesus meant, when he said, “make disciples.” I think disciple making involves three major areas of responsibility…