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“Fresh expressions” is a movement that began in the Church of England and British Methodist churches but soon spread to other denominations in England and…

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How can everyday places in your neighborhood become sanctuaries where people receive blessing? Increasingly, churches find they can extend their spiritual presence beyond their own…

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We attend dozens of worship services in different churches every year. Way too often we hear the preachers implore along the scripted lines: “Come back…

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Churches have long assumed that new people would engage their congregations by first attending worship. When they are not growing and attracting new people, people…

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Given the title of Linda Ranson Jacobs’s new book, Attract Families to Your Church and Keep Them Coming Back (Abingdon Press, 2014), one might assume…

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The church can no longer fling open the doors and expect the crowds to rush in. We are no longer a “come here” organization as…

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When congregations and their leaders think about worship or about mission, it often appears that they think of the two as compartmentalized and entirely separate…

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Traditionally, worship has been regarded as the primary venue through which individuals enter the life of a congregation. In The Inviting Church (Alban, 1987, 74-75),…

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In the last year, several friends who live in different parts of the country have returned to church after a number of years of inactivity.…

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