Category: Church Growth
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The Most Overlooked Component of Church Revitalization
A 2010 study by the Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary found that only 6.8% of Southern Baptist churches can be considered “healthy churches.” The man who led that study was my doctoral mentor Dr. Bill Day. The results of that study were considerable because it didn’t simply…
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Increasing Diversity in SBC Churches
This past Sunday I had the pleasure of taking part in a Solemn Assembly hosted by a local Baptist Association. The gathering was special for many reasons, but the diversity of the participants and the audience was encouraging. On the platform were White, Black, Hispanic and Asian church leaders each sharing scripture and calling the…
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Overcoming Attendance Plateau
Every church has a life cycle. Aubrey Malphurs represents this by using the bell curve approach or as he calls it “the sigmoid curve”. The bell curve of church life involves a start (birth), growth, various levels of plateau, decline and eventually death. Everything has a life cycle, even churches. The key is to create…
Dr. Kevin Blackwell 