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