Is The Grass Greener?

Is The Grass Greener?

8/24/2020 By Larry Barker All of us are familiar with the thinking that the grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence or in another church.  Years ago I heard it said that it might be greener but it is just as tough to mow.  So the question...

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? PART 2

8/10/2020 By Larry Barker Is it possible to stay at a church too long?  Yes it is, but it is probably more of a temptation to leave too quickly.  There are certain signals about the length of your tenure where God has placed you.  If God gives you a...
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?

SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? 8/3/2020 By Larry Barker The transition from one pastor to another is a very crucial and delicate time in the life of a church.  This transition time has not been handled very well.  It has been said that, “there is no success...

Have You Plateaued?

HAVE YOU PLATEAUED? 7/20/2020 by Larry Barker Church surveys and polls by Lifeway, Barna, and others reveal that 85% of all churches in North America are dying, declining, or have plateaued.  Of the 15% that are showing growth only 1% of those are growing because...