November 2020

All posts from November 2020

Reimagining Church: 7 Practices in a Post-Pandemic World

Mike Slaughter November 23, 2020

The pandemic of 2020 has given the church pause to reimagine church in a time of radical cultural change. Church as we know it will never be the same. The time is calling followers of Jesus to redefine measurables and the experience of doing church.

Here are seven practices that I believe will be essential for a vital renewed movement.

1. Cell Networks vs. Brittle Denominational Wineskins

The focus will move away from in-room worship and programs toward relational discipleship instead – returning to churches in the home that are then networked with other home churches.

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Mike SlaughterReimagining Church: 7 Practices in a Post-Pandemic World

Reimagining Church in a Post-Pandemic Politically Divided World

Mike Slaughter November 12, 2020

The pandemic of 2020 has awakened the world to a new reality. Life and church practice will never return to the way things used to be. The wave of global nationalism, rise in cultish conspiracy theories and emboldened white supremacist movements will call followers out of traditional weekend worship practices to become workers for kingdom justice.

Numbers in worship will no longer be the litmus test for success. The consumer-centered spectator model that grew out of the church growth movement is a brittle wineskin. Church practice must move from presentation to dialog and from spectator to participant to reach young disenchanted generations.

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Mike SlaughterReimagining Church in a Post-Pandemic Politically Divided World