You have to determine your priorities, and give those ministries the focus in your messaging. You have to keep the important stuff important.

If we are going to judge the faithfulness of today’s church by the measure of our waning cultural influence, then Jesus, the prophets, and the Apostles have a lot of explaining to do.

As church leaders, we need to make decisions based on who is not here yet rather than on who has been here the longest.

Pastored well, a healthy congregation will seek consensus on the positives of God’s glory and mission rather than settle for compromise on the negatives of personal preferences and styles.

I like to call this verse on of the “Beat-Attitudes” because we are constantly emotionally and mentally beaten.

Churches have many committed and available business leaders who can take existing strategies to new heights if they are encouraged to do so by their church staffs

The role of the suburban church is changing, more for some, less for others, depending upon where and how they choose to pursue God’s calling to serve the poor.

One of the reasons Elevation has grown and advanced: We keep finding ways to beat the system.

If you are a Pastor reading this I would say;  you may not feel like an evangelist, but your church needs to be evangelistic.

God calls us into a beautiful future which requires patience and action.