Looking Back to Move Forward
Looking Back to Move Forward: Navigating the Impact of Nostalgia on Church Growth in Rural Methodist Congregations “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is Continue Reading
Category: Church Leadership and Community Witness
The 2×3 Collective Impact Initiative
The Myth Exposed The age-old saying that poverty is the fault of those who experience it is far from the truth. That is a myth; better yet, a lie! The Continue Reading
Diverting The Shift of Church Decline
How I Got Here In 2019 I was sitting in the meeting for the commission on statistics and finance, for the General Board of the AME Church, in Atlanta Continue Reading
SOIL
What is the condition of your soul? For far too many Christians in America, the condition of the soul is in a state of decay and despondency, only exacerbated by Continue Reading
Community Chaplaincy: Chaplaincy in the Margins
The Lightbulb Moment I was in the middle of a training session for new Executive Directors in the state of Oklahoma. We were all fresh on the job, within a Continue Reading
Healing the Broken Relationship: The Black Church and The Black Lives Matter Generation
Can you imagine the death of the Black Church? An institution that derives from the suffering, pain, and oppression of black individuals, the foundational spiritual organization for the empowerment of Continue Reading
Awaken: Rediscovering God’s Call to Justice
Introduction On June 2, 2019, I began serving as Pastor of the Second Missionary Baptist Church (SMBC) in Jacksonville, Florida. The Church, SMBC, is in a neighborhood known as Continue Reading
Protected: Model for Implanting Intergenerational Ministry in Single Traditional Churches
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Structured for Mission: District Connectionalism Simplified
Bishop Kenneth Carder explains that United Methodist’s “connectionalism . . . is an expression of our understanding of the church as the body of Christ, with each part of the Continue Reading
Strategies to Engage Black Millennials – The Sling-Shot Generation
Let each generation tell its children of your mighty acts; let them proclaim your power. Psalm 145:4 Church and the Millennial Challenge Church growth and retention is a desire Continue Reading