Same Message,Different Model

1. From senior pastor to lead pastor 2. From trust to trials 3. From denominational to quasi-denominational 4. From solo preacher to multiple teachers 5. From attractional to incarnational 6. From geography to affinity 7. From low expectation to high expectation

7 Paradigm Shifts in American Churches

5. From attractional to incarnational !

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Not too long ago, churches utilized significant resources to get people to come

to the church building. More today are expending resources to move the

members to minister in the community.

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

- Isaiah 43:18-19

“Church has to be less about going to the movies and

more about going to the gym.” - Frances Chan