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In a previous article I have predicted that sadly there will be some churches that will find that their ministry and/or financial viability will be negativel...

I know it is early in this unprecedented season that we are in, but I reckon that in terms of church health and consultancy we will see the following things ...

I have consulted with around 70 churches in the area of transition and change. COVID-19 is forcing change on the church in so many ways. The key question is:...

There are only four ways that churches grow. By growth, I mean that they are reaching people for Christ, including them into the church and developing leader...

A conversation that I have been having with a number of people is "what does a healthy church look like?" This is not an exhaustive list, but it arises out o...

We have seen an outpouring of grief around the world this week at the blazing destruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Some have mourned the loss of...

“When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larg...

The New Year is often a great time to reflect on 2018 and also to look forward to what 2019 will bring. We can do that as individuals as we recall the moment...

In the current milieu we have an ambivalent relationship with growth. The topic of church growth has become out-of-favour, recognizing the importance of heal...

What happens to churches that engage a consultant? Do they decline, revitalise, or plateau?This research tracks the journey of ten churches in the five years...

One of the questions that comes up regularly when I am consulting with churches or mentoring church leaders is "How do we reach our local community?" The sho...

In my latest article I write from my church consulting experiences about five keys to healthy church partnerships: strong relational bonding, a healthy and o...

There have been some spectacular April Fool pranks played. In 1957 the BBC documentary Panorama, reported on Switzerland's “spaghetti farmers”, tending long,...

This week debate about a ‘Big Australia’ on ABC’s Q&A, though cloaked in questions about infrastructure support and environmental sustainability, included qu...

I have been involved in consulting with churches and coaching church leaders over many years, but recently I have been encouraged by a number of friends to s...