Mark Barnard, Author at Blessing Point

The Next Cultural Threat to Your Church’s Health

Want to gauge one key, overlooked aspect of your church’s health? Check your congregation’s attitude toward civil authority. The Bible […]

From a Locked Storage Closet . . . Let me tell you the story of a church in the Northeast

Bill Hybels, pastor of one of the largest churches in the nation and founder of a movement of seeker-sensitive ministries

Since its inception in 2013, over 900 pastors and lay leaders have participated in our online ChurchScan Ministry Assessment. The

They called it “bloody Sunday.” It was a day of devastation at the church. The congregation gathered as part of

Tangible Changes Flow from Making Things Right . . . Recently, I ran into the new pastor of a church

Lessons from a blind girl for local churches . . . Helen Keller ranks among the most famous blind people

How does the Holy Spirit speak to a church? When I pose that question to groups of Christians, answers come

After the letter of repentance from Birmingham International Church came out last month in the Birmingham Times (pictured above), a

How one congregation is working to heal America’s wounds – I shared the story a while back of Birmingham International

Can once great ministries recover from historical sin? Over the past couple of years our ministry worked with several once-large

Discerning God’s will for your ministry is always a challenge, but what if your leadership team contains a high degree

Why God Blesses Some Churches More Than Others . . . When I was a new Christian I attended a

“Sweeping things under the rug” is a common idiom to describe the way people (and sometimes churches) handle painful and

We at Blessing Point often deal with ministries where everyone appears to be on a different frequency. Just as a

Why the Protestant Church needs another Ninety-Five Theses . . . In 2017 Protestants celebrated the 500th birthday of the

And It’s Killing Us . . . With the murder of seventeen students in Parkland, Florida, once again America finds

The Missing Ingredients in Church Health . . . In my humanity, I have never been a truly courageous soul.

. . . Are your problems above or below the waterline? I’m a DIY (do-it-yourself) kind of guy. If I

3 Uncomfortable Encounters that Explain Why Blessing Point Ministries Exists and Why You Should Consider Supporting Us I thought I