Category: church
American religion from the margin to mainstream
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@ church2 fast-growing religions were made in America: Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses. They may well still be on that growth-spurt, not just in the United States, but around the world. Both are adapted from Christianity and yet have diverged in ways that many call unorthodox or heretical. Most obviously, both make very significant additions and/or changes…
Least Churched Cities in America
Question: “how would I find a listing of the least churched cities in America?” Answer: In casual conversations, I’ve heard the following cities mentioned as being among the least churched cities, aka most unchurched cities, in the United States: Seattle, Miami, San Francisco, New York City, Salt Lake City, Portland[2], Philadelphia, even Reno. Curiously, a…
How long will it take for church diversity?
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How long will it take? How long? A diverse society is all around us in the United States and yet most of our Christian churches do not match that diversity. Most would agree the church should, whether a church leader or the average joe. Scott Williams weighs in with another voice to reiterate this truth…
Who gets paid in a new kind of church?
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@ churchThe recurring question of the times in 21st century America is: “What is the church?” My flight is cancelled. That gives me time to blog. As I’m trying to get to Orlando for a couple of days at Exponential Conference with 4,000 other church leaders getting invigorated about church planting, there’ll be quite the mix…
Easter Services for all of Orange County
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@ churchEaster Sunday is a few days away, on Sunday, that’s the day after Saturday, which is the day after Friday. Easter services on Sunday 4/24 at 9:00am and 11:00am – at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, California. A most beautiful thing they’ve done in preparation is the invitational website at www.oceaster.com. For web-savvy users…
Leaderless revolution. Leaderless religion.
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@ churchWe live in an amazing time in human history — the leaderless revolution in Egypt was fueled, by social media tools. And we don’t hear as much about the details about how it all happened in mainstream media, because there’s not one person to interview nor one person to represent the revolution. It’s pure people…
Owning the Vision: Multi-Asian Church Podcast Episode 6
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Adding to the discussion about leadership development, in this episode of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I talk about owning the vision of an multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. Episode #6: Owning the Vision Show notes And here’s the video that Ed Choy mentioned of Alan Hirsch talking about the dangers of a risk-averse culture.
Leadership Development: Multi-Asian Church Podcast Episode 5
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For those of you keeping score at home, this is episode number 5. In this episode of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I talk about developing Asian American leaders in the context of an multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. You’ll need to listen more carefully, since the background noise at this episode’s Starbucks (in Dallas)…
Episode 4 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast: Leadership
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The conversation continues. In episode 4 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I discuss leadership, and how can church leaders better develop and connect with Asian American leaders.
Great Bible teachers you’ve never heard of
There are a handful of preachers / pastors I personally know that stay off the grid. Whether by calling or by choice, or some combination of various factors, these are people who are ministering the Gospel under the radar and hold an inconspicuous posture that’s reluctant of being thrust into the spotlight of mainstream Christian…
Vision Revisited: Episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast
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Yes there’s more to be said about the importance of vision. In episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I dig deeper into how to communicate compelling vision in multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. While the gifts of a strong communicator is valuable, it isn’t the magic bullet in getting vision to stick. We…
churches dying with dignity and recycling
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Churches like any kind of organizations have a natural life cycle. A typical or average church life span is around 70 to 80 years. Knowing the life cycle of your church can determine its future…
