The Pros and Cons of Mission Statements

By Society President, Mark Lenz Some organizations have Mission Statements. Others have a mission. Some churches have Vision Statements. Other have a vision. I’ve been closely associated with [...]

By Certified Church Consultant, Dan Abbatiello For at least the last century, churches have used what missiologists have termed the “attractional church model.” This philosophy of ministry [...]

By Dr. Michael Rackley Have you ever wondered in times of accelerated change, turbulent seasons, and uncertainty what church leaders are supposed to be doing? I believe the first place to look is [...]

By Dr. A. Christson Adedoyin, MSW, MATS, PhD Scope Creep in program evaluation according to Brown and Gerhardt (2002) refers to “the incremental growth of project requirements that expand beyond [...]

By David Smith Medical doctors use their knowledge, training, experience and best available tools to diagnose and treat their patients. Sometimes, it’s the “lose a few pounds and get some more [...]

By Dr. Ethel Canty Bothuel  In my October 2020 blog entitled, Three Ways to Bounce Back into Action: A COVID Journey, I cited the realities we were facing during the Pandemic.  Guess what?  We [...]

By Niyi Dunmade Over the years, many churches and their leaders have come to place emphasis on the number of people in their congregation or their seating capacity as well as the size of [...]

By Mark Lenz An analogy is something that shows how two things are alike, with the goal of making a point about the comparison. The purpose of an analogy is not merely to show, but also to [...]

by Dan Abbatiello The church board was discussing what to do with the dated, worn and frayed carpet in the church sanctuary.  One of the board members grew increasingly agitated and without a [...]

by Dr. Michael Rackley In all my years as a seminary student, I’ve never read, studied, or heard a lecture about the Antioch Church and its diversity in the Book of Acts until asked to teach at [...]