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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 21 February 2011 15:22 |
Church life offers many satisfactions, perhaps none quite so thrilling as entering a packed sanctuary filled with music, friends, and energy.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011 18:53 |
A recent personal experience affirms my observation that congregations won't thrive unless they have a consistent and extensive calling ministry, led by clergy who value calling more than attending meetings and doing judicatory business.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Tuesday, 11 January 2011 16:56 |
Early results of Christmas retail sales contained important information for faith communities.
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Written by TOM EHRICH
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Thursday, 23 December 2010 18:16 |
One challenge in nurturing a “multichannel church” is to ban “one-size-fits-all” thinking.
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Written by tom ehrich
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Sunday, 19 December 2010 17:44 |
The November 2 mid-term elections offer many lessons. Both major parties will be sifting the results.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 29 November 2010 17:36 |
As congregations diversify their ministries, they want to pay special attention to the many tools and opportunities available online. This means Facebook and Twitter, but far more than such social media tools. It means a solid Web site, but used in new ways.
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Sunday, 14 November 2010 18:28 |
Time to break through denial.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 31 October 2010 16:05 |
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When you consider moving to a Multichannel Church operation — going beyond Sunday morning to add off-site, online, and other weekday ministries — you can expect at least six objections.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010 15:42 |
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A friend and I were having lunch at a fabled restaurant in New York's Grand Central Terminal, when the eatery’s famous owner came out of the kitchen, trailed by two acolytes, and took an adjacent table.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 03 October 2010 19:34 |
Social media like Facebook and Twitter are changing our world, including how faith communities function. Opportunities abound to use them as a ministry communications tool.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 20 September 2010 15:47 |
Once, on a reporting assignment, I flew into Bismarck, North Dakota, just before winter’s brutal assault.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:04 |
Members and officers, my word to you is this: be entrepreneurs.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:11 |
If congregations want to turn around public skepticism, mission work ought to be their first priority.
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Friday, 02 July 2010 17:30 |
If ever there was a time for the “multi” in Multichannel Church, it is now, as summer arrives and people scatter physically and emotionally.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 13 June 2010 00:00 |
Of the three venues for Multichannel Church — on-site, off-site and online — “the greatest of these” is online.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 14:42 |
What’s actually new about a Multichannel Church?
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 02 May 2010 23:35 |
This summer, in addition to doing less of the main thing, I suggest you do more of smaller things.
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Monday, 19 April 2010 01:18 |
Two generations ago, the deal was pretty clear: church members went to Sunday worship.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 05 April 2010 02:14 |
Moving toward being a “multichannel church” is a journey of many steps, some of them slight variations, some of them radical departures.
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Written by tom ehrich
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Sunday, 07 March 2010 15:31 |
We all have worn, unhelpful tapes winding through our thoughts, and church leaders do as well. One tape they need to stop playing is we-all-need-to-be-together-in-one-place.
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Written by tom ehrich
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Sunday, 21 February 2010 17:07 |
If life did allow for do-overs and mainline congregations could start over, they probably wouldn’t build the facilities they have inherited.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 08 February 2010 16:43 |
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It has taken little more than one generation for American Protestantism to lose control of Sunday morning.
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Sunday, 10 January 2010 16:26 |
Like many church leaders, I have been grappling with the steady decline of mainline Protestant churches over the past 45 years and trying to determine what we can do about it.
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 28 December 2009 22:40 |
Many churchgoers are caught in a three-part dilemma:
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