https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Thu, 25 Apr 2024 02:05:14 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/what-counts This is the blog entry where I turn everything I said in the previous entries upside down. We’ve looked at growing churches in the CRC — churches whose attendance and membership grew by more than 20% in a recent five year period. We examined the characteristics of those churches and eva Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/what-counts Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growth-challenges Any small(ish) church pastor or ministry leader who’s been to a conference at a mega-church knows the feeling: a feeling of guilt that their church hasn’t jumped to over 1000 overnight, and a sense of despair that growth is out of reach. The conversations with these growing church pastors, h Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growth-challenges Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:46:58 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growing-churches-part-2 Today’s entry continues with the factors that led to growth in CRC and RCA churches.The church was at a point where it was ready to take risks and to make changes. Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growing-churches-part-2 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 05:07:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growing-churches If there was room for a longer title of this forum, it would be entitled Starting and Strengthening Churches, for surely our denomination needs to focus on both planting new churches and encouraging established churches. Recently the Church Multiplication Initiative ( Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-planting/growing-churches Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:00:00 +0000