http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/2008/07/31/dirty-dirty-feet/ Plowing the Soil for Pastors to Plant the Seeds Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/2008/07/31/dirty-dirty-feet/#comment-1822 Jon Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:30:36 +0000 http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/?p=476#comment-1822 Bravo, Kim! I think you hit the nail on the head. Bravo, Kim! I think you hit the nail on the head.

]]> http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/2008/07/31/dirty-dirty-feet/#comment-1789 Kim Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:20:37 +0000 http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/?p=476#comment-1789 First of all....love the image. Second...the statistics are sobering. But I'm wondering if they tell us what we think they tell us. I wonder...if we're the missional church, why are we measuring the "spread of the gospel" with an attractional metric? Is church attendance the best measure of whether or not we're spreading the gospel? Is the message we're spreading, "Come to Jesus," or "Come to church"....and might the effectiveness or success of those two messages be measured differently? First of all….love the image. Second…the statistics are sobering. But I’m wondering if they tell us what we think they tell us. I wonder…if we’re the missional church, why are we measuring the “spread of the gospel” with an attractional metric? Is church attendance the best measure of whether or not we’re spreading the gospel? Is the message we’re spreading, “Come to Jesus,” or “Come to church”….and might the effectiveness or success of those two messages be measured differently?

]]> http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/2008/07/31/dirty-dirty-feet/#comment-1784 Kyle Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:21 +0000 http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/?p=476#comment-1784 Adam, from the results of this study your church is not alone. Another question we've been throwing around here at The Plow is who are those 1% of the churches that ARE reaching the unchurched? What are they doing that's working? Adam, from the results of this study your church is not alone. Another question we’ve been throwing around here at The Plow is who are those 1% of the churches that ARE reaching the unchurched? What are they doing that’s working?

]]> http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/2008/07/31/dirty-dirty-feet/#comment-1783 Adam Riggins Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:02:55 +0000 http://blog.ministrygrowers.com/?p=476#comment-1783 At my church, it seems like we are in "maintenance mode". We aren't doing a whole lot for the unchurched rather than the normal "if anyone wants to join the church *cough* or accept Christ *cough*, come now. No? Ok". At my church, it seems like we are in “maintenance mode”. We aren’t doing a whole lot for the unchurched rather than the normal “if anyone wants to join the church *cough* or accept Christ *cough*, come now. No? Ok”.

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