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  • Should Churches Host Concerts (or any other events)?

    Should Churches Host Concerts (or any other events)?

    We are continuing our leadership series exploring the place of different methodological components of the local church. In the first section, we explored the different components of the main church services or meeting times. In this section, we are considering the different components of the local church’s overall ministry method. I have seen churches do…

  • Practicing Wisdom in the Specialized Ministries of the Church

    Practicing Wisdom in the Specialized Ministries of the Church

    We are continuing our leadership series exploring the place of different methodological components of the local church. In the first section, we explored the different components of the main church services or meeting times. In this section, we are considering the different components of the local church’s overall ministry method. In this section, we are…

  • What is a Biblical Church Business Meeting?

    What is a Biblical Church Business Meeting?

    We are moving into the second part of our current leadership series as we evaluate the methodological place of the different components of the church service. In this part, we will move beyond the Sunday gathering and observe the different components of our organization and think together about the Biblical place of church business meetings,…

  • How Long Should a Church Service Be?

    How Long Should a Church Service Be?

    Church services vary in length. The average timeframe seems to be from one to two hours while there are worship services as short as thirty minutes. It doesn’t come as a surprise that Scripture gives no explicit instruction on how long or short a Christ-centered worship service should be. What I will not do is…

  • Music Matters and Matters of Music

    Music Matters and Matters of Music

    One of the greatest dividers in both society and in the church over the centuries has been music. Most people love music. It has become an almost essential part of our worship gatherings. It has become such an integral part of our services that when people perceive that it is not done properly it divides…

  • Is There Really a Place for Preaching and Teaching in the Local Church?

    Is There Really a Place for Preaching and Teaching in the Local Church?

    There are a few different philosophies regarding the place of preaching and teaching in the church. Admittedly, I am a little biased. I am a preacher. Different churches have chosen to do things in different ways. There are churches who have much teaching and little of anything else, churches who limit the sermon time to…

  • Programming Matters

    Programming Matters

    The church isn’t a program. We’ve heard this statement before. As a blanket statement, I would agree. The church is a family in Christ. That being said, we can’t remove ourselves from programming in an organizational sense. Without some sort of order, there is chaos, so we plan. The way we plan matters. We communicate…

  • Church Services Declare the Gospel, or they don’t…

    Church Services Declare the Gospel, or they don’t…

    When I got my compound bow, I took it to the range, loaded an arrow, attached my trigger, drew back the string, looked through the fluorescent sights, and lined up the target. Moving my shoulder blade back to get the smoothest shot possible, my finger tapped the trigger without bending and the arrow flew through…