Tag: Church Health

• Gospel-Centered Church

  Gospel-centeredness is a vital strategic principle for ministry in the 21st (and the 1st!) century. I do not simply mean by ‘gospel-centered’ that ministry is to be doctrinally orthodox. Of course it must certainly be that. I am speaking more specifically. (1.) The gospel is “I am accepted through Christ, therefore I obey” while every other…

  Dennis Griffith

  September 24, 2010

  Gospel, Gospel-Driven

  Acts 15, Church Health, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Gospel-Driven, Gospel-Driven Church, Redeemer Church Planting Center, Redeemer City to City, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Tim Keller

• How to KEEP Your Church FROM Vitality & Fruitfulness

  There are conferences, seminars, articles, books, curricula telling us how to grow a church. It’s high time the other side of the issue be considered. While I don’t guarantee these easy-to-apply steps will always keep your church from health and vitality, they will, with proper application, certainly increase the chances of stagnation. 1. Change Pastors Every…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 26, 2009

  Ministry

  Church Growth, Church Health, Church Vitality, Ministry

• The Baker’s Dirty Dozen Stagnant Church Types

    At a time when potential epidemics may be on the horizon the wise person is on the lookout for the signs of disease. The hope is that early detection will enable more effective and less severe treatment. Such a time surrounds the American church. It is widely reported that 85% of all churches are in a…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 8, 2009

  Church, Ministry

  Church, Church Decline, Church Diseases, Church Health, Ecclesiastical Disease, Ed Stetzer, Jeff Gauss, Ministry, Rurality Bytes, Unhealthy Churches