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People Spots
Online
Produced by James W.
Moss, Sr., and Church Consultants
Provided as a service by New Life Ministries

People Spots Online
is a series of articles on outreach and church growth written by James W.
Moss, Sr., of Church Consultants, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. New Life
Ministries is happy to carry these articles for your benefit and that of
your church. Below you'll find the current article and an archive of
past items. We are adding to
the archive over time, so please check
back frequently for the latest additions. |
Jim's Seminars
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Most Recent Articles
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Alphabetical & Topical Listing
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Additional Staff
Persons - Vol. 9, No. 5 |
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Advent - Vol. 10, No. 7 |
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A Good
Class or Small Group - Vol. 1, No. 12 |
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A Plan for Outreach - Vol.
8, No. 1 |
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Absentee
Care: Bulletin Ministry - Vol. 1, No. 14 |
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Are You Having Fun? - Vol. 8, No. 13 |
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Assessing Skills - Vol. 6,
No. 10 |
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Atmosphere Affects Volunteerism
- Vol. 8, No. 5 |
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Attitude - Vol. 5, No. 6 |
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Back to the Basics - Vol.
9, No. 2 |
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Barriers
to Growth in Worship Attendance - Vol. 1, No. 7 |
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Changing Behavior - Vol. 6,
No. 12 |
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Changing
Paradigms in the Local Church - Vol. 2, No. 13 |
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Characteristics
of Healthy Churches Part 1 - Vol. 2, No. 7 |
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Characteristics
of a Healthy Church Part 2 - Vol. 2, No. 8 |
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Characteristics
of a Healthy Church Part 3 - Vol. 2, No. 9 |
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Characteristics
of a Healthy Church Part 4 - Vol. 2, No. 10 |
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Christmas:
It's Advent - Vol. 10, No. 7 |
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Christmas Celebrations
- Vol. 8, No. 18 |
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Christmas: The Big Picture
- Vol. 8, No. 19 |
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Church Is
Hard Work - Vol. 10, No. 6 |
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Church
Culture - Vol. 6, No. 2 |
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Church Planting/New Church Development
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Church Renewal
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Renewal - Vol. 3, No. 6 |
 | Churches
Have Personalities - Vol. 2, No. 2 |
 | Churches of Choice
- Vol. 4, No. 5 |
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Churches
Practice Infanticide - Vol. 7, No. 21 |
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Coaching Leaders - Vol. 6, No. 4 |
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Common Mistakes in Introducing
Change - Vol. 5, No. 11 |
 | Common
Sense - Vol. 4, No. 11 |
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Comprehensive Care - Vol. 8, No. 7 |
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Concluding
a Ministry? - Vol. 3, No. 3 |
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Contrasting Church Renewal and Church
Planting, Part 1 - Church Renewal - Vol. 3, No. 14 |
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Contrasting Church Renewal and Church
Planting, Part 2 - Church Planting - Vol. 4, No. 1 |
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Criticism
- Vol. 4, No. 12 |
 | Cultural
Context - Vol. 3, No. 1 |
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Culture of the Denomination - Vol. 6, No. 3 |
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Dealing
with Change in Worship - Vol. 1, No. 11 |
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Declaration
of Purpose - Vol. 1, No. 10 |
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Defending or Attacking? - Vol. 10,
No. 5 |
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Defining
People Spots - Vol. 1, No. 8 |
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Delegating - Vol. 5, No. 8 |
 | Direction
of the Flow - Vol. 2, No. 14 |
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Discouragement - Vol. 8, No. 14 |
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Do You
Want Your Church to Grow? - Vol. 7, No. 10 |
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Equipping for Service - Vol. 7, No. 20 |
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Equipping Pastor - Vol. 7, No. 7 |
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Evaluating Group
Participation - Vol. 7, No. 4 |
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Evaluating
Your Church's Ministry - Vol. 8, No. 3 |
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Farming a
Community - Vol. 8, No. 6 |
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Finding
Help - Vol. 10, No. 1 |
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Founding Pastor - Vol. 11, No. 2 |
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Growth Issues: Spiritual Warfare - Vol. 8, No. 2 |
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Growth
Pastor, A - Vol. 3, No. 2 |
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I Want to Be in Control - Vol.
7, No. 11 |
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Identifying
and Recruiting Prospects - Vol. 3, No. 4 |
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Impact of Small Groups
- Vol. 8, No. 15 |
 | Institution
vs. Mission - Vol. 1, No.
17 |
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Intentionality
- Vol. 1, No. 13 |
 | Involving
Laity in Ministry - Vol. 3, No. 10 |
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Involving Others in Ministry -
Vol. 4, No. 4 |
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It's All about the Harvest - Vol.
9, No. 3 |
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Keeping
People Long-Term - Vol. 5, No. 4 |
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Keeping People Who Visit - Vol. 5, No. 3 |
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Large
Churches Part 1 - Vol. 2, No. 11 |
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Large
Churches Part 2 - Vol. 2, No. 12 |
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Leadership (also see Pastors)
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Additional Staff
Persons - Vol. 9, No. 5 |
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Coaching Leaders - Vol. 6, No. 4 |
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Criticism
- Vol. 4, No. 12 |
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Delegating - Vol. 5, No. 8 |
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Discouragement - Vol. 8, No. 14 |
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Evaluating
Your Church's Ministry - Vol. 8, No. 3 |
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Finding
Help - Vol. 10, No. 1 |
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Founding Pastor - Vol. 11, No. 2 |
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Leadership
- Vol. 6, No. 8 |
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Multiple
Staff Relationship - Vol. 4, No. 6 |
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People
Skills: So Necessary, So Scarce - Vol. 2, No. 1 |
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Personal Renewal - Vol. 7, No. 9 |
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Procrastination - Vol. 6, No.
9 |
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Professional Jealousy -
Vol. 11, No. 3 |
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Reading
People - Vol. 8, No. 11 |
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Reasonable Expectations
- Vol. 8, No. 16 |
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Revealing Vision - Vol. 9, No.
4 |
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Remember What It Takes
- Vol. 5, No. 5 |
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Risks - Vol. 5, No. 10 |
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Servant Leadership - Vol.
10, No. 3 |
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Striving to Do
Better - Vol. 5, No. 9 |
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Leadership
- Vol. 6, No. 8 |
 | Loneliness
Is Epidemic - Vol. 3, No. 9 |
 | Merging
Isn't a Growth Strategy! - Vol. 4, No. 10 |
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Mid-size
Churches Part 1 - Vol. 2, No. 5 |
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Mid-size
Churches Part 2 - Vol. 2, No. 6 |
 | A
Ministry of Affirmation - Vol. 3, No. 11 |
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Momentum
- Vol. 5, No. 1 |
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More than Sitting in a Pew - Vol. 8,
No. 4 |
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Multiple
Staff Relationship - Vol. 4, No. 6 |
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No
Quick Fixes - Vol. 6, No. 14 |
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Normal Attrition - Vol. 7, No. 16 |
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On Playing God and Being Human - Vol. 1, No. 16 |
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Our Sunday School Is Slipping -
Vol. 4, No. 3 |
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On the
Attack - Vol. 8, No. 9 |
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Pastors (also see
Leadership)
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Concluding
a Ministry? - Vol. 3, No. 3 |
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Growth
Pastor, A - Vol. 3, No. 2 |
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Leadership
- Vol. 6, No. 8 |
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On Playing God and Being Human - Vol. 1, No. 16 |
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Paying the Rent
- Vol. 11, No. 1 |
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Pastors, Love Your People!
- Vol. 4, No. 2 |
 | People
Skills: So Necessary, So Scarce - Vol. 2, No. 1 |
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The Equipping Pastor - Vol. 7, No. 7 |
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The Pastor as
Leader: Accountability - Vol. 7, No. 15 |
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The Pastor as Leader:
Risk-Taker - Vol. 7, No. 14 |
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The Pastor as
Leader: Survivor - Vol. 7, No. 13 |
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The Pastor as Leader:
Vision-Caster - Vol. 7, No. 12 |
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Where Do Pastors Come
From? - Vol. 6, No. 15 |
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People Spots
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People
Spots: A Definition - Vol. 8, No. 17 |
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Personal Renewal - Vol. 7, No. 9 |
 | Philosophy
of Ministry - Vol. 4, No. 13 |
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Plan
for Outreach - Vol. 8, No. 1 |
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Preparing
for the Arrival of Families with Young Children - Vol. 1, No. 4 |
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Procrastination - Vol. 6, No.
9 |
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Professional Jealousy -
Vol. 11, No. 3 |
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Promoting a Special Event
- Vol. 4, No. 8 |
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Public Relations - Vol. 4, No. 9 |
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Raising Funds - Vol. 9, No. 6 |
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Recruitment - Vol. 10, No. 4 |
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Reading
People - Vol. 8, No. 11 |
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Real
Value of People Spots - Vol. 1, No. 9 |
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Reasonable Expectations
- Vol. 8, No. 16 |
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Recruiting Teachers/Group
Leaders - Vol. 7, No. 6 |
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Remember What It Takes
- Vol. 5, No. 5 |
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Requirements for Serious Expansion -
Vol. 5, No. 7 |
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Revealing Vision - Vol. 9, No.
4 |
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Risks - Vol. 5, No. 10 |
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Saturation - Vol. 6, No. 5 |
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Servant Leadership - Vol.
10, No. 3 |
 | Small
Churches Part 1 -
Vol. 2, No. 3 |
 | Small
Churches Part 2 - Vol.
2, No. 4 |
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Small Groups & Sunday School
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A Good
Class or Small Group - Vol. 1, No. 12 |
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Evaluating Group
Participation - Vol. 7, No. 4 |
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Impact of Small Groups
- Vol. 8, No. 15 |
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Our Sunday School Is Slipping -
Vol. 4, No. 3 |
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Recruiting Teachers/Group
Leaders - Vol. 7, No. 6 |
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Small
Groups - Vol. 7, No. 2 |
 | Small
Groups and Growth - Vol. 3,
No. 5 |
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Starting New Groups - Vol. 7, No. 5 |
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Sunday
School - Vol. 9, No. 1 |
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The Purpose of Small Groups
- Vol. 7, No. 3 |
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Starting a
Church Plant - Vol. 6, No. 7 |
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Starting a
New Service - Vol. 7, No. 18 |
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Starting New Groups - Vol. 7, No. 5 |
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Stewardship
- Vol. 7, No. 1 |
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Striving to Do
Better - Vol. 5, No. 9 |
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Sunday
School - Vol. 9, No. 1 |
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Telephone
Visitation Program - Vol. 1, No. 15 |
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The Equipping Pastor - Vol. 7, No. 7 |
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The Harvest - Vol. 7, No. 8 |
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The Pastor as
Leader: Accountability - Vol. 7, No. 15 |
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The Pastor as Leader:
Risk-Taker - Vol. 7, No. 14 |
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The Pastor as
Leader: Survivor - Vol. 7, No. 13 |
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The Pastor as Leader:
Vision-Caster - Vol. 7, No. 12 |
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The Purpose of Small Groups
- Vol. 7, No. 3 |
 | The
Three Legs of Growth - Vol.
3, No. 8 |
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Thinking Christmas - Vol. 8, No. 10 |
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Thinking of Building?
- Vol. 4, No. 7 |
 | Touches,
Touches, and More Touches - Vol. 3, No. 7 |
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Trading Inactives - Vol. 4, No. 8 |
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Understanding Churches of Choice
- Vol. 4, No. 5 |
 | Understanding
Common Sense - Vol. 4, No. 11 |
 | Understanding
Culture - Vol. 3, No. 1 |
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Understanding Elders - Vol. 6, No. 13 |
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Understanding Our Changing World - Vol. 6, No. 1 |
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Understanding Outreach Today - Vol. 7, No. 19 |
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Understanding Quality - Vol. 8, No. 12 |
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Understanding Renewal
- Vol. 10, No. 2 |
 | Understanding
Renewal in the Church - Vol. 3, No. 6 |
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Understanding Saturation
- Vol. 7, No. 17 |
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Walking
People through the Door - Vol. 5, No. 2 |
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When Do People Begin to Feel Crowded?
- Vol. 3, No. 13 |
 | When
Is the Right Time? - Vol. 3, No. 12 |
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Where Do Pastors Come
From? - Vol. 6, No. 15 |
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Worship
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Chronological Listing
Volume 1
(1998)
Volume 2
(1999)
Volume 3 (2000)
Volume 4
(2001)
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