Notable Voices and the Week in Review: June 2, 2018
College Graduates, Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes — Art Rainer
This past month, many individuals walked across a stage, shook a hand, and received a piece of paper. If you were one of them, congratulations! You did it. You graduated. Financially, this is a very important time for you. The way you handle your money during the first few years after college will have significant, future ramifications, for better or worse. Let’s look at a few mistakes that college graduates make that set back their finances, sometimes for many years.
Worship Attendance Rises, Baptisms Decline in SBC — Facts & Trends
The Southern Baptist Convention expanded by more than 270 churches in 2017. More people showed up for weekly worship services, and congregations gave more generously in a strengthening economy. However, reported baptisms and membership declined as fewer churches participated in the SBC’s Annual Church Profile (ACP).
Five Ways to Engage Your Community Through Existing Events — Josh Presley
As a church leader, I understand that outreach events can be very taxing. The planning, advertising, and implementation can take a toll on you and your leadership team. One way to alleviate this stress is to engage through existing community events. At our church, we have stopped creating so many events and started engaging in existing ones.
3 Marks of Humility in Leadership — Eric Geiger
We tend to despise pride in others and we recognize its destructive power. The Scripture teaches us that pride goes before destruction and haughty eyes before a fall. We long to serve with leaders who are humble, and we are wise to walk in humility ourselves. But what does humility in leadership look like? Here are three marks:
This Week at ThomRainer.com:
Fake Flowers and Churches
It is fascinating to hear from someone who has a totally outside perspective and wonders why many of our churches do what they do. In this case, the outsider seemed perplexed with our churches’ abundant emphasis on flowers…READ MORE
Why Church Members Are Attending Less Frequently
They are more mobile.
They are more affluent.
They have more options.
They consider church optional.
They have not been challenged.
They are likely not active in a small group.
Legal Issues Facing Churches Today
by Thom Rainer and Jonathan Howe | Rainer on Leadership
http://media.blubrry.com/thomrainer/s3.amazonaws.com/TheExchange/Episode436.mp3
Surprising Insights from the Unchurched
by Thom Rainer and Jonathan Howe | Rainer on Leadership
http://media.blubrry.com/thomrainer/s3.amazonaws.com/TheExchange/Episode437.mp3
Five Critical Reasons Church Leaders Need Networks
by Thom Rainer and Jonathan Howe | Revitalize & Replant
http://media.blubrry.com/revitalizereplant/s3.amazonaws.com/TheExchange/RevitalizeReplant/RR-Episode043.mp3
