Notable Voices and the Week in Review: November 24, 2018

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Notable Voices and the Week in Review: November 24, 2018

From Around the Web:

7 Keys to Growing Your Church’s Midweek Services — Jonathan Howe

Midweek gatherings can still be a vibrant part of the life of your church if done well and tailored to fit your context. Here are seven things you can do to keep your midweek services from being mid-weak:

How to Be Missional in the Marketplace This Holiday Season — Facts & Trends

This time of year often brings out a propensity for Christians to confuse the mission of saving people created in the image of God with the call to save holiday values that are propagated more by Hallmark than Scripture.

We at Southeastern Seminary have an incredible preaching faculty, including Danny Akin, Jim Shaddix, Scott Pace, Dwayne Milioni, and Ronjour Locke. Actually, while I had good preaching professors as a student, I’m jealous of our students who get to learn from these men (especially our doctoral students who get significant interaction with them). I asked them to give me some books on preaching they would want preachers to read, and here are their recommendations in no order of preference:

Why Cool Church Doesn’t Work Anymore — Carey Nieuwhof

We’re quickly moving into a season where having a cool church is like having the best choir in town: it’s wonderful for the handful of people who still listen to choral music. Somethings changing. And hundreds of thousands of dollars in lights and great sound gear are probably not going to impact your community like they used to. So what’s changing? Plenty.

This Week at ThomRainer.com:

Four Key Attitudes That Are Killing Church Attendance

We shouldn’t take breaks from our church family any more than we should take breaks from our own family. We are to serve, to love, to encourage and, simply said, to be there…READ MORE

Revitalize and Replant: Is Relaunch a Third Way?

Let’s look at some issues we might consider if we look at relaunching as a distinct and viable third way to move churches toward greater health…READ MORE