If you've been a Christian for any significant length of time, you've likely attended a church and eventually left because you didn't feel like you …
Feel Like You Don’t Fit In At Church? This May Be Why.Read More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: christian community, emerging church, growth strategies, Holy Spirit, participation, unity by Michael Fleming
If you've been a Christian for any significant length of time, you've likely attended a church and eventually left because you didn't feel like you …
Feel Like You Don’t Fit In At Church? This May Be Why.Read More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: christian community, control, emerging church, Holy Spirit, organic church, responsibility, unity by Michael Fleming
Traffic patterns are good, helpful and necessary. In order to stay that way, they have to be mechanical - meaning they're locked in place and …
How Forced Church Models & Programs Quench The Holy SpiritRead More
Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: christian community, control, emerging church, Holy Spirit, organic church, responsibility, unity by Michael Fleming
At a basic level, something is considered "organic" when it contains life inside of it. It's in its healthiest state when that life has been …
This Is The Way Church Order Emerges From The Life Of ChristRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, christian community, identity, responsibility, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: The concept of authority in human relationships was redefined by Christ. It only comes from Him, is shared among equals, and never takes more …
How A Healthy Church Discerns & Lives By Christ’s AuthorityRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, control, decentralization, facilitation, freedom, submission, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: Counterfeit unity occurs in the relationships between people who want and like to have control and people who don’t mind being controlled. …
This is Where Authentic Unity in the Church is FoundRead More
Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, body of christ, humility, identity, servanthood, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: Humans have this tendency to want to be in positions that make them feel valued. The default way to achieve feelings of value is through …
The #1 Leadership Characteristic of a Servant’s HeartRead More
Category: Small Groups Tags: conflict, diversity, synergy, unity by Michael Fleming
"You don't know what you don't know." This is a popular saying you hear once in a while. Typically, you hear it when people are thinking in …
If These 10 Things Are Missing From Your Small Group, Something’s WrongRead More
Category: Godly Relationships Tags: freedom, gathering, unity by Michael Fleming
There may not be a hotter and more potentially divisive topic of discussion in the world and in churches right now than whether or not people should …
Gathering, Masks & Social Distancing: What Should A Church Do?Read More
Category: Small Groups Tags: communication, discussion, training, unity by Michael Fleming
Summary: In order to be spiritually healthy, a small group must have unity in participation. There are 4 basic roles each person can take on that …
4 Basic Small Group Discussion Roles That Display Unity In ChristRead More
Category: Godly Relationships Tags: christian community, conflict, unity by Michael Fleming
Most (if not all) of us have left churches or relationships because they just got too annoying. There was something...some issue that caused us …
Jerry Seinfeld Talks About Church Life…And He Doesn’t Even Know ItRead More