Leadership

Article Getting Counting Wrong - and Right
- By Jorge Acevedo
- Posted on January 24th, 2013
Many in my denomination are in uproar over the recommendations that every one of the more than 32,000 United Methodist churches in America measure vitality for at least the next…
Article Revitalization Takes Guts
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on December 3rd, 2012
Honesty and courage. These two words may call to mind a virtuous Boy Scout or a knight of King Arthur’s round table, but to Jorge Acevedo, they are the essentials for…
Article Church for the Unaffiliated
- By James K. Wellman, Jr.
- Posted on October 17th, 2012
The American religious landscape is experiencing some fundamental changes. The recent Pew Report highlights findings that question many of the assumptions that previous religious…
Article Ministers Matter (the blog tour!)
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on October 1st, 2012
October is Clergy Appreciation Month, and Ministry Matters is kicking it off with a blog tour celebrating all the unsung heroes of ministry. We've asked some of your favorite…
Article Review: Make or Break Your Church in 365 Days
- By Patricia Farris
- Posted on July 10th, 2012
Paul Borden writes as someone who knows, or rather, as someone who has learned the hard way, all that is truly involved in church renewal. As Executive Minister of Growing Healthy …
Article Review: 10 Temptations of Church
- By Patricia Farris
- Posted on April 10th, 2012
If you’re the pastor or a concerned lay person in a church you’re working to revitalize, you need to read 10 Temptations of Church: Why Churches Decline & What to…