Archive for Fastest Growing Churches
The Websites of the 50 Most Influential Christians in America
Posted by: | CommentsI thought it’d be neat to check out the websites of Church Report’s 50 Most Influential Christians in America.
Each name is linked here to the website or blog I could find for them, with some commentary from me. And since I’m a fan of blogging for ministry purposes, I’ll note when they have a blog.
Rockin’ Church Websites an Indicator of Growing Churches
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to a recent report called FACTs on Growth, one of the characteristics of growing churches is having a website ….
“Congregations that have started or maintained a website in the past year are most likely to grow. The effort to have a website indicates that the congregation is outward looking and willing to change by non-traditional means.”
Download the full report as a PDF here. [Found via LeadingSmart.]
Top 25 Most Innovative Churches: Outreach
Posted by: | CommentsOutreach Magazine recently released another excellent list — the Top 25 Most Innovative Churches. Many of these churches are also among the Fastest Growing Churches list also by Outreach.
Here’s the top 10 (plus a couple more) from the list with some commentary from yours truly:
Saddleback’s Rockin’ Christmas Website
Posted by: | CommentsRick Warren’s Saddleback Church has a rockin’ cool Christmas themed website promoting their Christmas services titled Christmas at Saddleback.
The special site is loaded with great content, including Holiday Ideas in the form of downloadable PDF tips, Music Downloads of Christmas songs performed at Saddleback, and of course services times and venue information and a campus map.
This is an excellent example of using the Web! Rock on, Saddleback!
[Found via Pastors.com]
LifeChurch.tv’s Craig Groeschel on Handling Criticism
Posted by: | CommentsI really needed to read this excellent Pastors.com article by LifeChurch.tv’s Craig Groeschel about how he handles criticism.
He elaborates on this advice, but says simply to: “listen, answer, or dismiss.”
As founding pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in the U.S., I know he hears lot of complains and criticism (from ALL sides) … being on the cutting edge of ministry will do that!
