Yesterday’s heroes were the cowboy and rock star. Today’s hero is the entrepeneur. Our heroes tell us who we are in the age we live. But can they interpret Christian life and mission? Are apostles also entrepeneurs?
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The Post Covid Church. Part III – The crisis in church leadership
Church authority has devolved from the Pope in Rome to the Protestant clergy industry. The increased fragmentation of denominations in a post Covid church will precipitate a further crisis in church leadership and denominational authority. How might church leadership change and adapt in the post Covid church?
The Post Covid Church. Part II – Bursting the old wineskins of denominational structures
It’s not just churches that are dying. Covid will hit church denominations as we emerge into a new post Covid world. Increased volatility will disrupt denominational structures throwing up new challenges for church leaders.
The Post Covid Church. Part I – Two emerging trends that will accelerate church disruption
The number one question for many of us in church leadership this last year has been, what will church look like coming out of Covid lockdown into a new kind of normal? Will we recover and get back to a… Read More ›
The Divided Church: Overcoming the politics of fear
Welcome to Melbourne. The most locked down city in the world. Us Aussies are a compliant lot, but a year and a half of six lock downs are taking their toll on the easy going ‘she’ll be right mate’ attitude…. Read More ›
Ground Zero 20 Years On: 9/11 and the return of the king
Where were you when you heard the news on September 11? And where are we 20 years later? We have seen the rise of the politics of tribes and rights. And the demand of the people for the return of the king. But which king will save us now? 9 minute read.
Church Economics 104 – The myth that we have always paid for our church buildings
We didn’t always pay for our church buildings through private funding. And our churches have changed a lot since Christ commissioned the disciples. What can we learn from church history to fund future church mission? 6 minutes read
Church Economics 103: What funds mission – market scarcity or redemptive abundance?
Church giving is dropping as attendance continues to decline. How can we turn the tide and move from scarcity to abundance in church mission and finance? 5 minute read
Church Economics 102: The gospel of the consumer church market
Is our evangelism growing the church or are we competing to attract the same religious consumers in a shrinking market for souls?
Church Economics 101: The myth that tithes and offerings can continue to sustain church stability and growth
Are tithes & offerings enough to sustain our church buildings & operations? Or do we need something more? A revolution in church economics! 5 minutes read
Sacred Cash Cows 