America was birthed in a bloody, excruciating, contentious break up, the kind that wounds like divorce or devastates a congregation like a church split. Should we be surprised that such painful wounds would shape American discourse?
We at Blessing Point Ministries sometimes face resistance to the idea of hiring an “outside consultant” to come alongside a
Listen to Rev. Mark Barnard’s (President of Blessing Point Ministries) interview on the Before You Quit podcast hosted by Mitch
How Corporate Repentance Facilitates Ministry Transformation . . . One of the things our ministry recommends when a church finishes
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
Understanding The Unique Supply of Each Body Part . . . One of the most common forms of repeated pain
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
