June 7, 2012
Seven Positive Trends for Megachurches
By Brian Mavis I asked nine authors, academics, megachurch pastors, and missional church planters “What”s next for megachurches?” The nine shared enough opinions and insights for several articles, and I will develop those in upcoming issues. Several of the leaders I contacted mentioned some concerns, but this month let”s focus on identifying and distilling seven positive trends. 1. Deeper Discipleship Megachurches are growing less content with measuring attendance alone. David Faust, president of Cincinnati Christian University, said at a megachurch leaders conference he was . . . encouraged to hear a number of megachurch leaders talking about how their plans for the
