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1. 10 Reasons We Keep Seeing Established Churches Failing

Where I live, dozens of large old church buildings that used to hold thriving congregations strewn along a major avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Some have been torn down and developed, while others are supported ...

Created on 09 August 2017

2. 9 Reasons So Many Young Churches Fizzle Out

The past four decades of working with churches, as well as overseeing a network of churches, has taught me several lessons related to their success and failure. In this article, I will try to pinpoint ...

Created on 02 August 2017

3. 12 Things the Early Church Didn't Need to Change the World for Jesus

The book of Acts grants us a snapshot as to the power and effectiveness of the first-century church that transformed the world. I believe we are still called to extrapolate principles from the early church ...

Created on 28 July 2017

4. 10 Spiritual Seasons Your Local Church Will Likely Experience

Like every individual believer in Christ, there are various seasons every local church experiences, including highs, lows, growth, renewal, decrease and testing. As a local church pastor since 1984 and ...

Created on 24 July 2017

5. 11 Unsettling Signs You're a Functional Atheist

Although the definition of an atheist is one who denies the existence of God, in this article, I use the word to depict those identifying as Christians who live as though there is no God to which they ...

Created on 28 June 2017

6. These 12 Trinitarian Principles Release Purpose and Power

Many years ago, I came to the conclusion that understanding the triune Godhead of Father, Son and Holy Spirit was the key to release government, order and purpose on the earth. This has vast implications ...

Created on 22 June 2017

7. 10 Telltale Signs You Lack a Biblical Worldview

Through the years, I have discovered that the average Christian and a large number of church ministers lack a biblical worldview. By biblical worldview, I am referring to interpreting all of life through ...

Created on 14 June 2017

8. 14 Blatant Signs You've Succumbed to the World's View of Money

There has been much written regarding what the Bible teaches about prosperity, wealth and stewardship. In spite of the vast amount of material on this subject, many believers are still struggling in regard ...

Created on 09 June 2017

9. 8 Clear Contrasts Between Empowering and Disempowering Leaders

...  really matter. Dictating leaders usually don't multiply other leaders—they are merely retaining followers who have allowed their creativity to be capped. Joseph Mattera is an internationally known author, futu ...

Created on 07 June 2017

10. 25 Hidden Signs You're Allowing the Enemy to Infiltrate Your Work for God

1. You inwardly celebrate when a colleague or fellow minister falls. 2. Your spirit of competition causes you to inwardly celebrate when other organizations or ministries in your field aren't doing as ...

Created on 02 June 2017

11. What Believers Miss When They Obsess Over Unity

I have been involved in numerous local, city and national initiatives related to the body of Christ. Often, our mantra circles around the phrase: "We need unity in the body of Christ." While that is a ...

Created on 01 June 2017

12. These 12 Teachings Are Poison to the Body of Christ

I have heard it said "balance is the key to life." I agree with that statement, as I have found that any truth taken to the extreme (that ignores other aspects related to its subject) is unbalanced and ...

Created on 22 May 2017

13. 11 Obvious Signs of a Personality-Driven Church—Part 2

This is part 2 of a two-part series. To read part 1, click here. I have been striving since the early 1980s to help the church follow in the way of Jesus and the apostles. That being said, one of the earmarks ...

Created on 01 May 2017

14. 11 Obvious Signs of a Personality-Driven Church

I have been striving since the early 1980s to help the church follow in the way of Jesus and the apostles. That being said, one of the earmarks of the first-century apostolic church is how the church edified ...

Created on 28 April 2017

15. 10 Dangerous Signs of Prophetic Abuse

I have been in the body of Christ now since the late 1970s. I came into the prophetic movement in the early 80s and started moving out prophetically, even participating in prophetic presbytery while doing ...

Created on 09 April 2017

16. 7 Prophetic Principles of a John-the-Baptist Anointing

John the Baptist has always been one of the most intriguing men in all of human history. He was an outlier, living outside of conventional norms, and was cited by Jesus as the greatest man ever born (Matt. ...

Created on 18 February 2017

17. 7 Power Principles of John the Baptist

John the Baptist has always been one of the most intriguing men in all of human history. He was an outlier, living outside of conventional norms, and was cited by Jesus as the greatest man ever born (Matt. ...

Created on 16 February 2017

18. 8 Traits of Biblical Outliers

In this article, I use the word "outlier" to describe an exceptional person who operates largely outside of the norms of mainstream to change the world. Notable biblical heroes such as John the Baptist, ...

Created on 03 February 2017

19. 7 Powerful Traits of the Joshua Generation

During the past several months in prayer, our congregation has been sensing the next few years will be a time for the true church to regain the ground it has lost both in culture and in blessings. Now, ...

Created on 27 January 2017

20. 10 Traits of the Jesus-Driven Church

The Word of God teaches us in Romans 8:29 that believers were predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. Since this was written to the church in Rome, we understand the subject of the verse ...

Created on 12 January 2017