ABOUT ED STETZER

Ed Stetzer
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College and serves as Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Previously, he served as Executive Director of LifeWay Research. Stetzer is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. He serves as interim pastor of Moody Church in Chicago.

Don’t Stop Until Your “Decisions” Lead to Discipleship

Every church needs a pathway which will provide direction for their discipleship plan, and also show how they grow together as a church.

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Developing an Assessment Culture that Provides Truth Today and Direction Tomorrow

For so long, churches have claimed success because their focus was on bodies, budgets, and buildings. Unfortunately, those 3 B’s miss the most important measurements you need to take in your church.

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Does Your Leadership Structure Impede the Progress of Discipleship?

I am simply encouraging you to prayerfully consider how your leadership structure might actually be impeding the ministry and disciple-making processes of your churches.

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Are Your Children Hearing the One Story, Not Just a Bunch of Stories?

Churches have told children tons of good stories, but have we told them the Story?

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Missing the Mission: Looking for the Right Results While Loving the Wrong Things

To say we are unable to reach the lost because of our traditions or preferences is simply unacceptable and antithetical to the mission of God.

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It’s Easier to Talk About Missional Living Than It Is to Live It Out

There has been a lot of talk about living in a missional way. In what way is the conversation helpful on the street level?

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Recent Comments
comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked. I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
 
— Dave
 
comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
 
— Argaw Alemu
 
comment_post_ID); ?> Amen!!
 
— Scott Michael Whitley
 

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