The American Anglican Council’s (AAC) Church Revitalization program, ReVive!, teaches that rather than focusing on church growth, it is better to focus on church health. If the church is healthy, it will naturally grow. In looking at the Church in Thyatira in Revelation 2 through “Church Revitalization Eyes,” the first thing that stands out is … Read More
In this series of articles looking at the letters to the seven churches in Revelation through “Church Revitalization Eyes,” we are looking to see what we could apply to our Anglican churches. This article looks at the letter to the Church in Pergamum which my study bible gives the heading, “The Compromising Church.” That seems … Read More
Church Revitalization is all about bringing new life to existing churches. With that in mind, I recently began a series examining the seven existing churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3 through “church revitalization eyes.” Do Jesus’ words to them say anything to us about revitalizing our congregations today? This article looks at the second … Read More
The idea was recently presented to me to look at the seven churches in the book of Revelation through “Church Revitalization eyes.” It’s a fascinating idea. Jesus was certainly addressing specific churches in a specific time. But the question is, are there applications in there that we can make to help revive our churches now? … Read More
Did your church have its annual parish meeting last Sunday? I’m sure many of you answered “yes” as a lot of churches have found that the Sunday between the NFL Championship Games and The Super Bowl is the best day for a meeting because you don’t have to compete with football for participation! If you … Read More
