Church Health
July 1, 1997
We often ask readers, "What topic could Leadership devote an issue to that would help you in your ministry?" Recently, the overwhelming response has been: "Church health." We liked the idea and searched for answers to two foundational questions: WHAT IS CHURCH HEALTH?
(Understanding It)
Comprehensive Health Plan (p. 22)
Rick Warren writes in The Purpose-Driven Church that "the key issue for churches in the twenty-first century is church health, not church growth." We asked Warren, pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Southern California, probing questions about the signs of a healthy church and healthy pastor. What Does a Healthy Church Look Like? (p. 34)
We put this question to a variety of pastors and also scoured published works on the subject. The result: not one answer, but ten. Is Your Church Fiscally Fit? (p. 57)
We'd never read a practical, simple answer to this question—until this one from Leadership contributing editor Jim Berkley. HOW CAN MY CHURCH BECOME MORE HEALTHY?
(Developing It)
Outbreak! (p. 46)
How can you stop a virus from spreading in your church? Peter Steinke, a Lutheran minister and counselor, uses systems thinking to explain how a church can become sick—and well again. Traditional vs. Contemporary (p. 50)
A Leadership case study of how a church had to rediscover its identity when styles of worship began to compete. Shading the Truth? (p. 30)
Subtle ways dishonesty may linger in a church, and how to overcome them. Evangelism for the Ordinary Church (p. 43)
Just because your people don't like to evangelize doesn't mean they can't share their faith.
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