• Cutting church programmes. Yeah. It’s something we’ve been talking about a lot at my church. Here’re some thoughts to get you… well, thinking. What’s a good night to do dinner? “Hey John! We should do dinner sometime! What’s a good night?” “Well, Monday night is Bible Institute. Tuesday I help […]

  • I ended last weeks’ discussion with the question of which church programmes to cut. The answer to this dilemma is to realise that programmes are methods. Here are some thoughts on methods: Methods follow philosophy. In other words, get your programmes in line with your theology. Don’t do anything simply […]

  • Ok. So, carrying on from where we left off, when it comes to methods in the local church, the most important thing to realise is that the people are the local church. Ministries should be nothing more than structures that allow the body to be the body. Now you are […]