When the Pinches of Change Come

Many churches and denominations are moving beyond denial and discovering that, in many instances, what they have been doing for decades is no longer working. We haven’t been making disciples and now our world and our church are facing the consequences. We must...

Lessons Learned from a Transformed Deacon

I met Charlie Bris-Bois about five years ago in Winston-Salem while doing a seminar on preparing the church for the 21st century. Charlie voiced skepticism about some of my ideas and even confessed he “liked things the way they were.” The second time I saw...