In one of our blog posts last month, we said we would be using some of our upcoming posts to discuss the questions our interim pastors seek to answer during their time in churches. So, as promised, here’s another question that almost always needs answering in churches facing a season of transition: …
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Sacred Assembly: Return and Renew Relationship with God
by Rich Shoenert, David Young, and Tom WilkensGo back to 1742, when a pastor in Northampton, MA, sensed loss of spiritual fervor among the church. In the memoirs of that pastor is a written account titled “The Temporary Abatement of Religious Attention.” The pastor’s name was Jonathan Edwards. …
A Question We Ask in the Church Revitalization Process: What Are God’s Plans for This Body of Believers?
In the next few months, we will be using this blog to talk about some of the questions our interim pastors seek to answer when they work with churches in transition. As you can imagine, churches in transition have a lot of questions that need to be answered—some bigger than others.When a …