Tackling Small Church Myths, part 2
This is the next installment in our ongoing “Small Church” series, which looks at guest services through the lens of the smaller congregation: those with 150 or fewer people in attendance each week. See the...
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Over the years, I’ve mentioned the common vehicle hazard light in passing, but I’ve never spent any meaningful time talking about our why behind them. We don’t view hazards as an on-again off-again, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it, flash-in-the-pan...
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