Tag: Bob Weeks

By Bob Weeks As a pastor, I always provide a State of the Church message in January. I would like to do the same regarding the state of our SCBI churches. Our 2019 year-end Cooperative Program Report revealed something alarming: 34% of our churches gave nothing to Southern Baptist efforts through the Cooperative Program. (You […]

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You have had them. Those moments when you recognize something monumental is taking place. It was just such a moment that took place around a table of pastors as they interacted with a question I posed to them. “What are we doing that is stopping our church from growing? If Jesus meant it when he said “I will build my church,” and I think He did, then is it possible we are doing things that are standing in the way of that?”

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Children’s Ministry is indispensable in growing a church. There are several reasons for this: 1) Children’s ministry frees the parent to be exposed to the life-changing message of the Gospel. It is the rare mom and dad that is willing to wrestle their children and then be in the frame of mind to “hear” the message that is proclaimed. If we are going to reach unchurched young parents we must have something for their children.

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Revitalization is a buzzword that has been around for some time. To keep it simple let us look at revitalization as a means to increase the vital nature of a local congregation in relation to God and the community where He has planted them. One indicator for determining church health is focus. Is the church […]

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We are dying and do not know it. It has been a little over three years since God called me out of the pastorate and into denominational work. During those three years, I have traveled around the state of Indiana worshipping with a different congregation almost every week. While my information is anecdotal, my informed […]

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