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Among nearly 80 million Millennials, only 12 million have personal relationships with Christ. That means 85% are lost. That means 68 million young people are lost.

• 05/01/2010
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The length of this commentary is not sufficient to highlight all the mistakes I have made in mentoring, but a few will suffice for now. I guess my most frequent mistake was just plain busyness.

• 04/28/2010
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Millennials don’t ask what the community can do for the church; they ask what they can do for the community.

• 04/25/2010
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Friendliness and evangelistic effectiveness tend to go together. When church members are truly excited about evangelism there is a natural friendliness toward non-Christians.

• 04/19/2010
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Perhaps you have seen or heard the credit card commercial that ends with the question, “What’s in your wallet?”

• 04/15/2010
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Leadership gurus will tell you that a primary skill of an effective leader is the ability to manage time for maximum productivity.

• 04/12/2010
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If koinonia is healthy fellowship, then koinonitis is unhealthy fellowship.

• 04/09/2010
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I knew it was coming. But still the emotions of the moment overcame me. I was losing my dad, my best friend, and my hero.

• 04/04/2010
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Sometimes we ask the question: What is my church doing to become more evangelistic? But the better question is: What am I doing to become more evangelistic?

• 04/01/2010
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It’s easy to read a book about other leaders who became filled with self and led with hubris. But ...

• 03/28/2010
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We have the greatest Hope in the world. We have Jesus. But we know the story. Critics outnumber the messengers of hope.

• 01/28/2010
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Great leaders have moved from the struggles to an awakening of confidence that is compelling to followers. But that confidence is not in themselves, but in the God they serve.

• 12/14/2009
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On a recent flight, I had the opportunity to sit next to a man who was the ideal conversationalist for me. First, he was not a Christian, but he was eager to hear from me about the gospel.

• 12/04/2009
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According to our research of older Millennials, those born between 1980 and 1991, only 17% attend church at least once a month. Please read that again carefully: only 17% attend church at least once a month.

• 11/28/2009
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What would God do if we “dared” our church members to love loudly? What would our communities see if we put the love of Christ in action with a significant number of our members?

• 11/24/2009
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Thousands of church leaders are asking, “So what do I do now?”

• 11/20/2009
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We would hear from many of the congregants that their church was healthy and thriving. Then we would see the warning signs.

• 09/30/2009
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The names of the churches stare back at me.

• 08/04/2009
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I consulted with hundreds of churches. Much to my dismay, I discovered that this reality blindness was common

• 07/31/2009
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I am greatly encouraged to see more young church leaders today with a passion for both theology and evangelism

• 07/27/2009
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