My wife and I visited 52 churches in a year. Then we attended a bunch more. Here is what we learned.
Visiting Church One Time Isn’t Enough With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #51. This mega church does so many things right. Though I don’t want to go to a large church, this one really draws me. Of […]
Should Your Church be Best in Class? With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #50. This church holds five services each weekend, and we attended the first one. I was disappointed over the lack of college students present, […]
Lead Well With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #49. Out of several hundred people, only one greeted us before the service. His name was John, and we later learned he was the senior pastor. For an extra-large […]
Have a Visitor-Worthy Church With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #48. This church did many things right, especially the warm way they welcomed my wife and me into their community. Several of their practices were personally inviting […]
There are Different Ways to Worship God With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #47. The people at this church are considerate of visitors. Their embrace of us, in a casual, open way, encourages me. This, however, belies […]
Good Preaching is a Start, but it’s Not the End With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #46. Although the minister won me over with his teaching, his good preaching, the first half of the service remains my […]
Comparing Two Church Services With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #45. This church had two church services. One was traditional and the other contemporary. The two options presented a nice contrast of styles. However, the style of […]
Attending Church with Friends With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #44. We revisited this church, which we attended some fifteen years ago. Though many of the people we knew then had scattered to other churches or just […]
Celebrate Your Minister With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #43. This congregation received us warmly and embraced our presence. They exuded a sense of family, just as true church should be. I felt a peace. I felt […]
Have High Expectations With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #42. I carried high expectations for this church, but I experienced a disappointing day when we visited. What they delivered fell far short of what I anticipated I […]