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I once caught a deacon throwing choir robes out of the second-story window into a giant fire on the ground below. “What’s going on?” “Fire hazard.”  By the look and smell of the robes, I agreed and went about my business.  There were probably one hundred burning robes in the fire—enough for every person in...

*This article is an excerpt from Disciple: How to Create a Community That Develops Passionate and Healthy Followers of Jesus. Some months ago, I published the book Disciple: How to Create a Community that Develops Passionate and Healthy Followers of Jesus. In that book, I point out that many churches that think they’re disciplemaking churches...

In my article last week, I shared our research on how many attendees a typical church has to replace every year. The sobering number was 32 attendees have to be replaced for every 100 in attendance. It was indeed a sobering article for many church leaders and members. Some found it helpful. Some found it...