Tag: Ingrown Church

• 10 Warning Signs of an Inwardly Obsessed Church

  Researcher Thom Rainer warns of signs of a church that is so inwardly focused that it has ceased to be the church of Jesus Christ and has become, at best, a museum to (assumed) past glories, in which the membership makes up the board of directors.   Rainer writes: Any healthy church must have some level…

  Dennis Griffith

  May 9, 2012

  Church, Leadership, Ministry

  10 Warning Signs for Churches, Church, Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization, Ingrown Church, Ministry, Thom Rainer

• 4 Ingredients for an Assimilation Recipe

  It has been said: When people visit a church they are not so much looking for friendly people as they are looking for new friends. If all they wanted was friendliness they could go to almost any store in the mall and find it. I have always sensed that there is much truth in this…

  Dennis Griffith

  August 29, 2011

  Church, Ministry

  Assimilation, Church, Church Growth, Friendly Church, Hospitality, Ingrown Church, Visitors to Church, Welcoming Church