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Churches are searching for pastors. Pastors are looking for churches. Making the connection can be quite challenging for many on both sides of the equation. Sure there’s a spiritual dimension to all of this– being a pastor is a “calling,” (whatever that [ . . . ]

Question >> “do u know a place to get stats on how many churches close a day, month, year etc and the same on pastors and leaders leaving ministry?”
djchuang >> Good question. (And, in case you can’t tell, this question came in [ . . . ]

In tonight’s class about multi-site churches, I mentioned a number of resources ::

[slides] the multi-site church revolution (overview)
[papers] Leadership Network’s resources about multi-site churches — free downloads
[book] The Multi-Site Church Revolution: Being one church in many locations by Geoff Surratt, Greg Ligon, [ . . . ]

Christmas celebrates the coming of Christ into the world. Jesus shows us what God is really like, and shows us what He wants for people. “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:14)
Jesus shows [ . . . ]

Over at the L2 Foundation blog, I’ve posted my presentation (slides + audio) from last weekend, titled “How Churches are Reaching Asian Americans“, presented in Oakland/ East Bay area at the ISAAC Chinese Churches Consultation and at Bay Area Chinese Bible Church.
Much [ . . . ]

It was delightful to be interviewed by K. Connie Kang for the Los Angeles Times during the past week. Her work in the religion beat is most commendable for raising awareness of the social location within particular ethnic racial contexts. I talked [ . . . ]