Rethink. Rebuild. Reform.
Some may think that I am a deconstructionist, trying to DECONSTRUCT the church. Honestly, I didn’t even know about this term until recently. Over the years, this blog has gone through many changes —really. It’s not really about turning the world upside down, but more about a journey I am…
A New Perspective on Church Buildings and Ministry Years ago, I had a client who was the marketing director of a prominent television ministry. Before working with us, he’d been involved in another major ministry. I remember discussing topics such as products, pricing, donation requests, upsells, and the financial aspects…
For years, I have prayed for, studied, and preached about revival. When I became a pastor in the institutional church system, my sole desire was to bring revival to the church and transformation to the city where the church was located. Sadly, after 17 years, that was not the result.…
I recently saw a Facebook post asking, “Why do you go to church?” My immediate thought was to answer, “I don’t.” But I quickly realized that answer was too abrupt, especially for the religious mind that might quickly write me off as a heathen sinner on his way to hell.…
What should a church gathering look like? Should it look like a classroom? Should it be a lecture hall? What about a huge concert stage? Do the scriptures give us any directions as to how to gather? What then is the right course, believers? When you meet together, each one has…
So what is the difference between churched, unchurched and dechurched and why does it matter? I have been thinking a lot about the dechurched people in my region lately. I researched and discovered that approximately 40 million people in America have left the church system over the last 25 years.…
I went to church today… I did what is expected of every good Bible believer in Churchianity. I went to church. I drove into the parking lot, and someone waved at me as I entered the driveway. I got out of my car and walked toward the entrance, where someone…
When was the last time 1 Corinthians 14:26 was fulfilled in your church? If most were to answer this question honestly, the answer would be, “In a very long time, if ever.” I have been in church since I was a few days old—55+ years. I do not recall this…
One of the biggest issues with the institutional church is the hierarchical system that is in place. Jesus never instructed, nor intended, there to be a hierarchical system of leaders. Hundreds of years ago, however, men in the church who wanted to gain power and then retain that power copied…
For years I have grown more dissatisfied with church life. It isn’t that I don’t enjoy listening to sermons or participating in worship. It is just the gnawing sensation that there had to be more. There had to be more than just a weekly church service that was supposed to…