Okay, it’s not a real word. It’s not even a word that is original with me. Koinonitis is a play on koinonia, the Greek word for "fellowship." Koinonia typically refers to a healthy fellowship among people, where each person is placing the other’s needs before himself or herself. If koinonia is healthy fellowship, then koinonitis […]
Read MoreAn Easter Revisited
Over 25 years have passed, but it seems like yesterday. I was a seminary student when I received the word that my dad had terminal cancer. It would be my first experience with death of someone that close to me. For two months, my wife, little boys, and I traveled the 1,200 miles roundtrip to […]
Read MoreSeven Characteristics of Highly Evangelistic Christians.
For over twenty years I have been researching and studying churches, primarily those in North America. I had the joy of serving as senior pastor in four churches where God blessed with evangelistic growth. I have written over twenty books about the church in America. I am not giving you my credentials to impress you, […]
Read MoreHubris and Leadership
I just finished reading Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry’s Road from Glory to Disaster by Paul Ingrassia. The book is a fascinating account of the rise and fall of the “Big Three” automakers: General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. Only Ford avoided the ultimate fall of bankruptcy. My initial desire was to learn from the […]
Read MorePraying for the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force
Thousands of people will be paying close attention to the words of Ronnie Floyd on Monday evening, February 22. He will be in Nashville to address the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, but his audience will be much wider. Ronnie Floyd is the chairman of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, a group […]
Read MoreHope and the American Church
I spoke recently in a church that had a large number of college students. Indeed the presence of the university in the town was so dominant that the community was best known as a college town. After one of the worship services, a young college student sought me out. He just wanted to talk. The […]
Read MoreThe Church in 2020: What’s Coming in the Next Decade?
Guest Blog by Sam S. Rainer A new year inevitably brings forecasts of what’s to come in the next 365 days. A new decade invites even more prognostications. Next year the 2010 census will emphasize demographic shifts. When compared to other items often measured by statistics – like equity markets or energy prices – demographic […]
Read MoreThe Church in 2020: What's Coming in the Next Decade?
Guest Blog by Sam S. Rainer A new year inevitably brings forecasts of what’s to come in the next 365 days. A new decade invites even more prognostications. Next year the 2010 census will emphasize demographic shifts. When compared to other items often measured by statistics – like equity markets or energy prices – demographic […]
Read MoreEstablished Churches, Leaders, and Confident Humility
The numbers are not precise, but we estimate there are around 400,000 churches in the United States. Of that number, nearly 90% could be described as “established.” I prefer the term “established” to the more commonly used “traditional.” Unfortunately, the latter term has come to mean to some a style of worship or a focus […]
Read MoreThe Missing Metric
On a recent flight, I had the opportunity to sit next to a man who was the ideal conversationalist for me. First, he was not a Christian, but he was eager to hear from me about the gospel. That part of the conversation went very well. Second, he had a Ph.D. in statistics. I thus […]
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