Our church doesn't do any marketing, doesn't have a building or a sign that signifies its existence and doesn't have a formal name. Since that's …
A Simple Definition of Church If You Only Use The BibleRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: church lifestyle, evangelism, growth strategies, neighboring by Michael Fleming
Our church doesn't do any marketing, doesn't have a building or a sign that signifies its existence and doesn't have a formal name. Since that's …
A Simple Definition of Church If You Only Use The BibleRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: simplicity, suffering, tradition by Michael Fleming
Churches going through suffering and struggles is of course nothing new. In the world right now, there are churches that are underground because …
How COVID-19 Is Revealing The Essential Components Of Church LifeRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: body of christ, communication, decentralization, decision-making, identity by Michael Fleming
Summary: The answer to communication breakdowns in decentralized networks is not to centralize. It's to improve information-sharing processes. …
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: decentralization, the world's system by Michael Fleming
Summary: Systems are predictable, regardless of people's intentions that operate within them. The principles of the systems you operate by …
The Road To An Unhealthy Church Is Paved With Good IntentionsRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: authority, church lifestyle, decentralization, power by Michael Fleming
Summary: Because everything we've known is from the world's system, we have a hard time making sense of how the Kingdom of God operates. But the …
This Amazing Animal Shows Us How Healthy Churches FunctionRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: authority, decentralization, money, power by Michael Fleming
Summary: Paying people to do ministry centralizes the open system that God designed the Church to be and creates divisions in His Body that He never …
Is Paying People To Do Ministry Healthy For A Church?Read More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: authority, decentralization, power by Michael Fleming
Summary: The Church is undergoing a revolution of its basic structure. It's getting back to God's original design for it - a decentralized network …
This Is What Happens To A Church When There’s No Humans In ChargeRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order, Starting a Church Tags: facilitation by Michael Fleming
Summary: An apostle is someone from outside the local church. They help groups to learn the process of making Christ the functional …
The Forgotten (But Essential) Role of the Church ApostleRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: evangelism, family, individualism by Michael Fleming
Summary: Current Christian preaching and practice focuses almost exclusively on the individual. But the gospel is more than that. It's the creation …
The Half of the Gospel That’s M.I.A. from the American ChurchRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: church lifestyle, growth strategies, individualism by Michael Fleming
Summary: The spread of Christianity hinges on behavior, not beliefs. The current American lifestyle and institutions that serve it …
The World’s Greatest (and Only) Effective Church Growth StrategyRead More