Spiritual Malnourishment: When the Sheep Won’t Feed Themselves
by: Steven Furtick
The crisis facing the church today isn’t what people are getting fed on Sundays. It’s what they’re not feeding themselves the rest of the days.
ABOUT STEVEN FURTICK
Pastor Steven Furtick is the lead pastor of Elevation Church.
He and his wife, Holly, founded Elevation in 2006 with seven other families. Pastor Steven holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is also the New York Times Best Selling author of Crash the Chatterbox, Greater, and Sun Stand Still. Pastor Steven and Holly live in the Charlotte area with their two sons, Elijah and Graham, and daughter, Abbey.
Make Sure Your Ministry Communication is Not One Way by Asking “What Are People Hearing?”
by: Steven Furtick
As a leader, as a vision caster, make sure you’re always asking the question, “What are people hearing?”, not just what are we saying.
Don’t Bury the Lead; Preach the Gospel
by: Steven Furtick
If you are so busy preaching about what people should do that you don’t have time to preach about what Christ has done, you have buried the lead.
The Real Competition for Your Church
by: Steven Furtick
If you want to reach other people for Christ, your competition isn’t other churches.
Jesus and Bad Advertising
by: Steven Furtick
I believe the most important message in the world deserves the best presentation.
The Admission Price of Worship
by: Steven Furtick
Feeling is not the admission price for worship. Jesus’ blood is.
What is Your Vision Worth to You?
by: Steven Furtick
What would you give up for the vision of your life?
A Ministry Momentum Killer
by: Steven Furtick
You must never get to the point where you’re too busy ministering for God that you’re too busy to meet with God.
Don’t Put Jesus First This Year
by: Steven Furtick
So Jesus is first. He is first in order. He is first in importance. But He is so because He is the center of everything.
We’re All About the Numbers
by: Steven Furtick
We’ve got to make sure we’re measuring ministry numbers to measure our effectiveness and enlarge the Kingdom of God.
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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.
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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.
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Amen!!
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