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Ground Breaking Research on Church Revitalization Pastors
At Turnaround Pastor Inc., we have done a study of pastors who led their church in a church revitalization turnaround. Using The Birkman...
Gary Westra
3 min read
Reinvigorating the Aging Congregation
Reinvigorating the Aging Church I doubt the current wisdom of rescuing dying churches by merging them into larger, stronger...
Kelton Hinton
4 min read
Gratitude Motivates Evangelism
Is there a distinctly Free Grace perspective on how to motivate Christians to faithful evangelism? Yes, there is… Gratitude Motivates...
Bud Brown
6 min read
Roadmap to Church Revitalization
The journey to church revitalization is a roadmap. It is not a recipe. When you follow a good recipe, you put together the correct...
Gary Westra
5 min read
3 overlooked skills pastors must hone to break 200
It takes a different set of skills to lead a church through the 200 barrier Breaking the 200 barrier looks like the typical pastor’s...
Bud Brown
4 min read
Yes, pastors must focus on church growth
I love Rich Birch. He’s an independent, out of the box, creative thinker. I love people who challenge prevailing wisdom and push the...
Bud Brown
4 min read
3 mental barriers to growth
Sometimes the obstacle to a church’s growth is lodged between the ears of the person many call Pastor. Plateaued churches are often stuck...
Bud Brown
4 min read
2 Reasons Pastors Give Up
Over the past five years, my colleagues and I have noticed a disturbing trend in plateaued and declining churches. Many of them are...
Bud Brown
4 min read
Why Pain Precedes Change
Only once has a physician told me, “This will hurt.” The anesthesiologist prepping me for eye surgery brandished a long, curved...
Bud Brown
3 min read
A Tale of Two Barns –A Tale of Two Churches
Dr. Gordon E. Penfold Co-founder of Turnaround Pastors, Inc. The Two Barns “It was the best of times and it was the worst of times ....
Gordon Penfold
6 min read
A Tale of Two Barns A Tale of Two Churches
The Two Barns “It was the best of times and it was the worst of times . . ..” So begins Charles Dickens’, A Tale of Two Cities. In this...
Gordon Penfold
6 min read
Why Pastors and Churches Prefer the Status Quo
They just couldn’t bring themselves to kill the midweek children’s program. It had been singularly unproductive for years. The leader had...
Bud Brown
7 min read
Why pastors and churches won’t change
Think you’re up for the challenge? Chances are 9:1 against your being able to pull it off. Here’s the scenario: You’re sitting on the...
Bud Brown
5 min read
1 Helpful Tool for Church Revitalization
You got to know who’s out there! Since this is my blog post, I get to define a couple of key terms. That’s one of the benefits of...
Bud Brown
3 min read
Relationships: 1 Key to Church Turnaround Leadership
It’s a stark fact most pastors wish they could avoid. The person most responsible for leading a dying church into life and growth sits in...
Bud Brown
11 min read
Who says it’s not about the numbers?
What should you do first when someone says, “it’s not about the money”? That’s right. Reach for your wallet. Because it really is about...
Bud Brown
7 min read
Four Crucial (And Neglected) Issues for Church Greeters
It would be easy to come up with a list of 10 issues for church greeters. Some church gurus even offer them as a free download to join...
Gary Westra
3 min read
1 Key to Church Turnaround
I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was. After all, our church has been in sustained evangelistic prayer for more than a year. We...
Bud Brown
13 min read
Pinpointing Turnaround Pastors
A church in your bailiwick asks for help. The Search Committee is screening candidates to be the next pastor. They’ve been on plateau –...
Bud Brown
4 min read
What’s Happening in Worship? My visit to a “Millennial” Church
Let’s visit some churches! In my last post, I explained that I have moved to a region without a call to be a settled pastor for the first...
Gary Westra
4 min read
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