Ministry Resources

September 2024

• Renewing a Culture of Service – Center for Church Renewal
• Navigating Our WEIRDER World – Center for Church Renewal

• Election Season Sanity At Church – Center for Church Renewal

August 2024

• • Leading at an Unsustainable Pace – Center for Church Renewal
  • The Death of Hope – Center for Church Renewal
  • Finding a Sustainable Pace In Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

 

July 2024

• To Livestream Or Not To Livestream – Center for Church Renewal
• Does Your Church Need a Restart? – Center for Church Renewal
• EMERGING TRENDS IN CONGREGATIONS – Center for Church Renewal
• How to Foster an Innovative Spirit – Center for Church Renewal
• Forming a Strategy for Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

June 2024

• The Emotional Rollercoaster of Church Change: Decline, Renewal, and Closure – Center for Church Renewal
• Trends in Staffing Relevant for Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• How To Balance Love and Truth – Center for Church Renewal
• Transformation in a Secular Age – Center for Church Renewal

May 2024

• Important Missional Lessons From Peter and Cornelius – Center for Church Renewal
• A Tailor-Made Approach to Change – Center for Church Renewal
• How To Become An Outward-Focused Church – Center for Church Renewal
• Is Church Decline Over? – Center for Church Renewal
• Pursuing Justice in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

April 2024

• How To Engage “ChrEasters” and Reverse the Decline in Attendance – Center for Church Renewal
• When Something Blocks Your View of the Son – Center for Church Renewal
• Renewing the Inner Life – Center for Church Renewal
• Pastoring the Local Community – Center for Church Renewal
• How To Measure Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

March 2024

• Podcasts for Church Renewal Leaders – Center for Church Renewal
• New Church Renewal Statistics Offer Insights and Spark Questions – Center for Church Renewal
• How to Structure for Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Prayer In Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

February 2024

• Pastor, How Are You Doing? – Center for Church Renewal
• How To Get Your Church On Mission 24/7 – Center for Church Renewal
• Dealing With Doubt and Deconstruction – Center for Church Renewal
• Contextualization and Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

January 2024

• Church Renewal Trends in 2024 – Center for Church Renewal
• 2024 Survival Guide – Center for Church Renewal
• A New Generation Becomes the Core – Center for Church Renewal
• Can AI Really Help Accelerate Church Renewal Work? – Center for Church Renewal
• Reading for Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

December 2023

• Searching for Silver Bullets – Center for Church Renewal
• The Crisis of Comfort in Our Churches – Center for Church Renewal
• Being Light in the Darkness – Center for Church Renewal

November 2023

• Where Did All The Volunteers Go? – Center for Church Renewal

• Reaching Out At Christmas Time – Center for Church Renewal

• Anything but Thankful (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea) – Center for Church Renewal
• The Gravitational Force of Gratitude – Center for Church Renewal

October 2023

• Your Pastor Needs You! – Center for Church Renewal

• Cultivating a Kingdom Outlook in Church Renewal, Part 2 – Center for Church Renewal

• Things to Remember When Living in a New Culture – Center for Church Renewal

• How to Overcome Resistance to Change During Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Five Ideas For a Modern Reformation – Center for Church Renewal

September 2023

• Renewal Churches As Ripples Of Good – Center for Church Renewal

• Cultivating a Kingdom Outlook in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Why Believing Before Belonging is Almost Impossible – Center for Church Renewal

• Church Renewal During the “Great Dechurching” of America – Center for Church Renewal

August 2023

• Planning a Vision Retreat – Center for Church Renewal

• Dealing With The Crisis of Trust – Center for Church Renewal

• Renewal And Keeping It Real – Center for Church Renewal

• How To Be Personal Without Taking Things Personally – Center for Church Renewal

• Leadership For Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

July 2023

• Positive Messaging – Center for Church Renewal
• How Culture Impacts Church Structure – Center for Church Renewal
• The Physics of Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Is It Time to Retreat? – Center for Church Renewal

June 2023

• Choose To Change One Thing This Summer – Center for Church Renewal
• Tim Keller’s Lessons for Church Renewal Leaders – Center for Church Renewal
• Seven Communication Hacks For Church Renewal Leaders – Center for Church Renewal
• Recent Trends in Church Staffing – Center for Church Renewal

May 2023

• The Cycle of Change in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Mental Health in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Growing Leaders Like the Future of the Church Depends On It – Center for Church Renewal

• Sharing Our Faith With Skeptics, Part Two – Center for Church Renewal

• Covid Lessons and New Commitments – Center for Church Renewal 

April 2023

• Leading With Love In Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• From Me to We Outreach – Center for Church Renewal

• Air Freshener For The Bathroom – Center for Church Renewal

• Can You Stay The Course? – Center for Church Renewal

March 2023

• Zooming In And Out On Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• Sharing Our Faith With Skeptics – Center for Church Renewal

• Easter Outreach in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

• New Data for Renewal Churches – Center for Church Renewal

February 2023

• Gospel-Centered Preaching for Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• The Power of Storytelling in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• Is VBS Worth the Investment? – Center for Church Renewal
• Third Rail Conversations in Renewal Congregations – Center for Church Renewal

January 2023

• Resolutions For People Who Don’t Make Resolutions – Center for Church Renewal
• Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places – Center for Church Renewal
• How Better Communication Can Fuel Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• Renewal and Downsizing Well – Center for Church Renewal
• Navigating Change in Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal

December 2022

• Human Sexuality Conversations and Church Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• Incarnational Ministry In 2023 – Center for Church Renewal
• Church Renewal Jazz – Center for Church Renewal
• A New Way of Thinking About Discipleship – Center for Church Renewal

November 2022

• 6 Ways to Stay Sane During Renewal – Center for Church Renewal
• One Simple Key to Church Renewal and Spiritual Growth – Center for Church Renewal
• Thankful For the Fleas – Center for Church Renewal

April 2022

• Reengaging the Disengaged

• Intentional Churches Are Thriving Churches – Center for Church Renewal

March 2022

• Addressing the Renewal Leadership Challenge
• Who Is My Neighbor?
• Intentional Churches Are Thriving Churches

February 2022

• Renewal Leaders Who Survive Change
• Renewal and the Practice of Missional Hospitality
• Renewal And Post-Christendom
• Renewal and Living the Jesus Life

January 2022

• The Renewal Pastor In A Changing World
• Renewal and Doing a Lot with a Little
• Biblical Prayers for Renewal
• From Exhaustion to Exhilaration in 2022

December 2021

• Thinking About Quitting? Remember These Things
• Biblical Renewal Through “With-Ness”

November 2021

• Renewal and Connecting with Gen Z
• Creative Ways Of Being Church In The World 
• There’s Nothing Quite Like The Church 
• Renewal Through Reinvention

October 2021

• Church Renewal and Church Planters
• Renewal In A Phygital World
• Renewal and Connecting With Real People
• Renewal and Kingdom Thinking

September 2021

• Renewal And Beginning With ‘One-Thing’
• Engaging Young Families
• Renewal and Feeling Comfortable In Your Own Skin 
• A Renewal Experiment: Messy Church
• Renewal In A Post-Programmed World 

August 2021

• Renewal Structures For A Post-COVID World
• Biblical Prayers for Renewal

July 2021

• Discipleship Discoveries 
• Renewal and Shaping the Christian Mind
• Growth and Renewal
• Finding Renewal Leaders for Smaller Churches

June 2021

• Renewal and Return to Community
• Stages of Opportunity
• Missional Opportunities in a Post Pandemic World
• Renewal and Landing on Your Feet

May 2021

• Renewal and First Love
• Encouraging People: Being A “Barnabas” In A “Paul” World
• Post-Christian Renewal Strategies
• The ABCs of Hospitality

April 2021

• Shaping A Post-COVID Identity
• Church Buildings Rethought
• Spiritual Renewal Lessons From Eugene Peterson
• 10 Things I Never Asked Someone Else To Do For Me

March 2021

• Renewal and Resurrection Hope
• How To Increase Imagination in Ministry
• Renewal and the World of Soccer
• Renewal and Becoming a Better Leader
• Renewal and NextGen Ministry

February 2021

• Renewal and Lived Theology
• Let Love Rule!
• Renewal Culture
• Renewal: From Lake To River

January 2021

• Renewal and Unity
• Renewal…Three Years In!
• Engaging Gifted People in Renewal 
• Renewal Resolutions for 2021

December 2020

• Important Lessons for Churches on the Edge
• Christmas and Renewal Balance
• How to Keep Congregational Waters Sweet 
• How to Keep on Keeping on
• Renewal Beings with Abiding

November 2020

• Considerations When Discussing In-Person Worship
• Fresh Starting with Gideon-Sized Congregations
• What Next? Renewal Thoughts After the Election
• Five Election Day Prayers

October 2020

• Important Missional Lessons From Peter and Cornelius 
• Reaching Our Full Redemptive Potential
• Finding the Time
• Red, Yellow and Green-Light People

September 2020

• The Power of Stories to Shape our Story
• Gospel Renewal in Race Relations
• The Great Opportunity
• The Importance of Reinvesting in Life-Together

August 2020

• Navigating Accelerated Changes
• How to Renew an Aging Congregation
• We Are All Restarts Now
• Faith Formation Restart
• Stepping Stones to a God-Preferred Future

July 2020

• Characteristics of Missional Leaders
• Putting ‘Local’ in the Local Church
• Questions for the Land In-between
• Renewal Leaders and the Need for Greater Agility

June 2020

• Emphasizing Kingdom Citizens
• Getting Online Discipleship Done 
• What ‘Missional’ Looks Like Today
• Renewal Leaders and the Pursuit of Justice
• How to Reengage Your Congregation

May 2020

• What to do When Resources Diminish
• How to Keep Getting Better
• How to Increase Your Ministry Impact
• Thoughts About Preaching Online

April 2020

• What Will Last
• Connect with Kids During Social Distancing
• Survey Says About the Covid-19 Crisis 
• Suppose Churches Went Big

March 2020

• How to Meet Real Needs
• How Renewal Leaders Reduce Anxiety in Anxious Times
• Our Finest Hour
• The Power of Stories
• Seasonal Growth
• Addressing Sporadic Attendance in Church

February 2020

• The Unique Skill Set of Revitalization Pastors
• 5 Holy Spirit Wave Catching Comments
• 7 Investments for Creating Trust Accounts
• 7 Practices for Rooting Vision Into Culture

January 2020

• 7 Questions to Discover Renewal Leaders
• Nurturing a Culture of “Yes” 
• Shaping Culture Through Axioms
• The Best Evangelism Strategy