God Can Redeem Ministry Blunders
While missteps and sin on a leadership level may be inevitable, they are not beyond God’s ability to redeem.
Examining Motives Behind Ministry
Jesus cares about why we do what we do – and He will discipline a church when motives go haywire.
Identifying Abnormal Churches
While we may not have a scanning machine to help us see what’s going on within a church’s “body,” we can apply a radiologist’s “eye” to give us a clearer picture of a church’s health.
3 Reasons Why Diagnosing Your Church Can Be Tricky
When it comes to seeing a ministry’s symptoms for what they really are, the variables are many. Most church leaders are unaware of how these variables impact their ministry’s health.
Ecclesiastical Epidemiology
When people learn what we do at Blessing Point Ministries, working to heal ministries with painful histories, they regularly ask us, “What problem do you see most often in churches?”
The Unseen Challenge Every Church Faces
Right now, an unperceived force threatens to control the identity of your ministry. It has the power to shape your congregation to its liking, just as the mighty Niagara River carves a gorge below its falls.
Church Growth vs. Church Health
Many churches today invest time, talent and energy in church growth related issues when their real problem is church health
Ten Lies Spiritual Leaders Tell Themselves When Their Church is in Decline (Part 2)
In this article, I fill out the remaining five lies spiritual leaders tell themselves when their church is in decline.
Ten Lies Spiritual Leaders Tell Themselves When Their Church is in Decline (Part 1)
When we know our ministry is on the ropes, we tell ourselves all sorts of things to quiet our fears and our sense of failure.
Rebuilding Broken Trust with Your Congregation
Out of the ashes of Joshua’s failure to seek the Lord, we discover how to rebuild trust with an angry and upset congregation.
Restoring Broken Churches
If you are reading this blog post, it is highly likely that you know of or have been involved with a church that experienced a painful crisis of some sort or even a series of them.
Alignment, Action, and Attitude
It is that time of year again, when Blessing Point makes a financial appeal to friends and family who believe in what we do.
Living with Leaven
What Churches Can Learn from Bedikat Chametz:
Have you ever heard of a church that performs annual spiritual house cleaning? I mean a church that deals with its sin, corporately, on a regular basis. Me neither.
Dealing with Overly Opinionated Church Members
In our work with churches, I have come to recognize that churches become unhealthy when they tolerate overly opinionated people, especially in leadership. (Well, that’s my opinion anyway! 😊)
Jeeps, Tools, and Churches God Can Use
For a church to become one of God’s favorite tools, it must exhibit both the activities and the spirit of the Jerusalem Church.
Perturbed by Paris?
When the organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics depicted Jesus Christ and the disciples as drag queens, the whole world took notice. But what if the depiction was a wake-up call for the Church?
Healing Church Hurt (and the Churches that Cause it)
Church hurt. It’s a hot topic these days given the amount of it we see and hear reported. What is church hurt, and, more importantly, how do you go about healing it?
Ministry Transformation Story
This is the story of how one church experienced a ministry transformation and burned their mortgage 18 years ahead of schedule!
Surviving a Church Split
Surviving a church split unscathed is nearly impossible for a pastor or church leader! I walked into one such church and immediately sensed something was wrong.
Achan Revisited: Why His Sin Matters to Your Church
Do Achan-like characters hinder churches like Achan hindered Israel in Joshua 7? Don’t be surprised!