Joe Champion’s “How Do You Know Your Church Needs Transition?” List
1. Growth is flat or declining
2.Your congregation is aging
3.The unsaved are not there
4. Staff or Volunteers have ‘staff’ infection : not motivated, stuck in the same place
5. Even the pastor (s) don’t want to invite people to their church
6. When you’re (the pastor) hoping to get a lot of outside speaking gigs
7. When your city/neighborhood doesn’t know you’re there
8. Pastor appreciation crowd is bigger than your Easter crowd
9. When the the un-influential (in the world) are your most influential (in your church)
10. When your flaky people are in control
In Kindergarten I was officially voted 'Most Inquisitive'.
I have been asking questions ever since as I believe that they are the catalyst to discovering the world all around us.
The answers to these questions have led me into an everlasting committed relationship with Jesus Christ, into a marriage with the love of my life, and into being the father of the two most beautiful children on earth.
It is my personal mission to glorify God with my life, advance His Kingdom through my ministry, and to love my family with everything I have.
I am the Pastor at Fellowship Church in Salem, Oregon and these are my thoughts on life.