Church For People Who Don’t Like Church

Churches are great at reaching church people. There are very few churches that are great at reaching people who are not into church and not into God. But, according to Jesus, that is the mission of the church. And that’s why this year we’re offering the Vault Conference for the third time. The Vault Conference…

I’m a perfectionist. I never see anything as ideal or complete. Everything needs to be improved. So I see more that’s wrong about Verve than what’s right. But … here’s one thing I’m really proud of: I think our church makes it very clear that it’s not about our church. In fact, one of the…

Out of town, so re-posting an old post today… So, want to hear some stats? (You really don’t.)  Question: How many churches have grown into the thousands since 1990?  Answer: Tons of them. (For instance, from 2000 to 2005 the number of churches with attendance over 5,000 doubled). Question: How many churches have started in…

Yesterday I shared a few stupid ideas for church-based reality TV shows. But here’s a real one: Shark Tank: Church Edition I love Shark Tank, the show where inventors and people in the process of launching new businesses go before some venture capitalists asking for investments to help start or grow their businesses. So what…

One of the weird things that’s happened to us here in Vegas is that we’ve been asked several times to make our church a reality TV show. We’ve said no every time. But it’s got me thinking about some church-related reality shows ideas. Today I’ll share a couple ideas that I’m not serious about, tomorrow…