Why blog?

I have had several people ask why I blog. Great question. At first, I thought I had the answer, but after starting this realize that there is so much more that can be done.

Originally I wanted to blog to give to document how we (church I pastor and my family) turned a dying church around. 85% of churches in the US are in plateau (stagnant, no growth) or are dying. The church had been in a pattern of slow decline for 12-14 years prior to my becoming senior pastor for various reasons. I did not want to be known as the pastor who shut the doors of the church. Little did I know what my family (pastoring is a joint effort, everyone in the family, wife, children are involved) would face in getting a traditional church, stayed in it’s ways to become untraditional by renewing the vision of why we are here. I’ll write on that more another time.

So, why else would I blog? More on that later.