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Dave Ferguson is an award-winning author, founding and lead pastor of Chicago’s Community Christian Church, a missional multisite community considered one of the most influential churches in America. Dave also provides visionary leadership for NewThing an international church-planting movement and is president of the Exponential Conference. Learn more about Dave at: daveferguson.org
church building | Church Culture | Community Impact
By:
Dave Ferguson
May 21, 2019
The first person I ever heard talk about culture was Erwin McManus, pastor of Mosiac Church in Southern California. Erwin describes culture as spontaneous and repeated patterns of behavior. Brian Zehr, Co-founder and Leadership Architect at Intentional Impact, teaches that there are three things that make up culture: values, narrative, and behavior.
Leadership | church building | church planting
By:
Dave Ferguson
January 21, 2016
Churches that are dedicated to reproducing will experience several ongoing tensions. You can't experience movement without feeling tension. Here are five of the most common pain points for churches that are focused on multiplying:
Discover the impact Millennials' values, allegiances, and assumptions will have on your church.