by Patrick Hegarty | Apr 21, 2018 | Practice
Key Articles In practice: Revolution by tipping-point Riverlife Baptist was already a great church when I got there. Its reputation nationally, and its two thousand regulars were impressive. They had been led strongly for decades with solid teaching and a strong...
by Patrick Hegarty | Apr 21, 2018 | Practice
Key Articles How do you bring genuine transformation in a church that isn’t asking for it? The answer is, one person at a time. The cultural reality for a huge percentage of churches is that some people want to grow and experience more of God; others are willing while...
by Patrick Hegarty | Nov 26, 2018 | Practice
Discipleship Framework The formational debt of church growth I was first introduced to the term “technical debt” (or code debt) by a software developer. Once I understood it, I realised that the modern church has a debt of its own – albeit a formational one. Technical...
by Patrick Hegarty | Nov 10, 2018 | Practice
Discipleship Framework 4 diseases of truncated discipleship Getting discipleship half-right is not always better than nothing. Having made plenty of mistakes, and being guilty of over-correcting many deficiencies, I have found that a truncated discipleship model is at...
by Patrick Hegarty | Oct 31, 2018 | Key Articles, Practice
Discipleship Framework Is “doing church” making your mission impossible? Jesus said it was His job to build the church, and ours was to make disciples. In trying to do His job have we made our own unattainable? Our mission is to make powerful and healthy...
