Articles for tag: Leadership Profiles

July 2, 2013

By Mark A. Taylor We liked the sound of “40 Leaders Under 40″ when we first started playing with the idea late last year. But could we even find 40 parachurch or local church leaders making an influence outside their own community or constituency? We immediately thought of a few men and women all of us should be watching. They”re setting trends, living as examples, blazing new paths, and at the same time lifting up the ancient gospel with fresh images to attract a new generation. But 40 of them? We didn”t think so. And then we started asking. We

September 13, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Growth

MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: The 2008 List

Â by Kent Fillinger/Ben Simms This is our first Medium-Sized Churches chart for churches that averaged 500-999 for worship. This listing of 66 churches includes church name, city, senior minister, Web site, average attendance for 2008, and number of baptisms. (This is not a complete listing of such churches; it is a listing of Medium-Sized Churches that participated in our survey.) The chart/pdf that is accessible below contains the entireÂ 66-church listing. Click here to look at this chart of the 2008 MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES. Â Â Â Â ThisÂ listingÂ is part ofÂ The 2008 Medium-Sized Church Report: Deluxe Edition, whichÂ is available as a

September 13, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Growth

MEDIUM-SIZED CHURCHES: Fun Facts

Â Compiled by Ben Simms A COMPARISON: The combined attendance of the 66 medium-sized churches we surveyed, 46,392, is smaller than the combined attendance of the four largest megachurches. OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS: It”s been said a Canadian church of 500 should be considered a “megachurch.” Hats off to the two north-of-the-border churches on the list: Churchill Meadows Christian in Mississauga, Ontario, and Bow Valley Christian in Calgary, Alberta. Â DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE: The combined megachurch attendance roughly equals the population of Cincinnati, Ohio, while the combined attendance of the medium-sized churches that participated in our survey is approximately the

September 9, 2009

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Growth

Read the Report, Get the Deluxe Edition

By Mark A. Taylor Late last year when Kent Fillinger, Ben Simms, and I were planning our annual megachurch issue, Kent and Ben had a new idea. “Why don”t we do the same research with a group of smaller churches?” I thought that idea sounded interesting, and the result is the issue you”re holding in your hands. As is always true with projects of this kind, getting churches to send us their data is the most difficult part. For this issue, we invited churches in repeated printed and e-mailed announcements. Kent and Ben made several personal contacts. We fell short