Reading Simple Church by Rainer and Geiger, I was arrested by the power of one more shift, essential to the many churches with which I work.  That shift is from programs to process. In the ‘80’s and ‘90’s, churches often grew by offering programs to address the perceived felt-needs of baby-boomers. The more the merrier.

Rainer and Geiger’s Simple Church has had a profound effect on my thinking about how to structure churches for community impact. Last time, I introduced my first discovery: if, on a practical level, the church exists to go and to make disciples [Mt 28:19] how might we focus our time, energy, and money?  I invited

The genius of Rainer and Geiger’s Simple Church, for me, is captured in two powerful, simplifying concepts.  One is the insight that the church, practically, exists to accomplish just two things: to “go” and to “make disciples”. What if we did all our ministry design, activity planning, preaching, teaching, and calendaring around these two objectives?

Pastor, how’s ministry? If you’re honest, most of you will say it’s frustrating.  You’ve always wanted a larger church.  You believe God promised you a larger, more vibrant congregation.  At least, you think He did!  In any event, as you assess honestly, you recognize your church is “stuck”.  Small comfort is the undisputable fact that

I admit it: I am not a blog guy!  As a 100% “E” on Myers-Briggs, I can imagine few things less enjoyable than sitting, typing, for no one in particular. WHY would anybody read this??  And, since I think there’s no answer to that, I immediately ask: then WHY BLOG?? DJ Chuang, my web-development coach