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Your can church grow in 2026
It’s not easy leading a Kiwi church these days; somehow, with all the busyness, there is very little time to do the forward thinking needed to lead your church into the future. Where do you even begin? That’s where my organisation, North-South (https://northsouth.nz/), may be able to help through our “Church Revitalisation Journey” (CMJ). […]
MORE »Where is your church at this point in its history?
Charles Handy who studies the life cycle of organisations, came to the conclusion that they all inevitably followed the bell-shaped curve to oblivion unless they did a mid-way pause and then headed in new directions. Many churches may have no idea that they are seriously further down the decline than they realise. A key indicator […]
MORE »Can we learn from another time when the church was discouraged?
There is a lot of discouragement out there in Churches. You could probably tell me stories worse than the ones I have heard! I have been networking with several groups of pastors over the past month and realised the situation is quite dire. For a while, I had been localising the problems of the church […]
MORE »Houston, we have a problem ( article published in Mission Link May 22)
Graph by economist Peter Crawford, based upon government population predictions… Houston we have a problem….. Without being a rocket scientist it’s easy to see that the NZ Church has a problem. It is slowly dying. Sure there are exceptions but the outlook doesn’t look good for the NZ church ( and by extension for us […]
MORE »What Next?
What a challenging time the church has been through lately. It is so encouraging that the government is now saying that there will be an end to mandates. It seems to me that now is the time to prepare for our new “normal” after a frustrating time of lockdowns and traffic light restrictions. But, […]
MORE »Thriving as a church in the days of Covid restrictions.
There is an element of irony out there as the church in the West has its first real taste of living under a government that seeks to limit church gatherings as it seeks to implement its Covid 19 “traffic light” system. I’m currently leading a Vineyard church (while we search for a new pastor) and […]
MORE »Hope in uncertain times
In 2019, I visited a rural town in Texas called Uncertain. The story regarding the name was that it was a cartographers note on a map and that he never got around to changing it. I felt that the sign that could apply to lots of churches as we navigate uncertain times as a church. This […]
MORE »If I was a pastoring a church today …..
This blog may look initially as a pessimistic outlook on the future of the NZ Church, but, after painting a bleak picture, I think that behind the negative landscape God is wanting us today to prepare for a revival here in NZ “ when the earth will be filled with the glory of God as […]
MORE »There’s something seriously sad in the New Zealand Church happening
If you look at the incredibly low number of children (0-4) being brought to church and then the young people (20-24) identifying as Christians, then imagine the church if these low numbers outwork themselves over the next 20-30 years without any significant move of God. It’s going to be more than sad, it’s going to […]
MORE »Is your church confident in sharing its faith?
A Pentecostal pastor told me of a conversation he’d had with his men’s group. He asked the 40 men present, how many felt confident about leading someone to Christ. The answer was none. He said “ I realised I had a problem but not only me, I think most NZ pastors feel they are doing […]
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