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25.01.2022 Will we see rapid acceleration in the number of mergers post Covid-19? How will we approach that task?https://www.ianduncum.com.au//the-perils-and-promise-of-ch

25.01.2022 Leading through Coronavirus. Seven things for leaders to focus on to enable people to make the inner shifts needed in these rapidly changing and uncertain times. https://www.ianduncum.com.au/po/leading-through-coronavirus

24.01.2022 Celebrating the Resurrection! Life only comes through death. https://www.ianduncum.com.au/blog/the-resurrection #notredame #easter #resurrection #churchrevitalization #theimpactofchurchconsultancy

24.01.2022 What are the main challenges that you are seeing in churches at the moment? What is helping to overcome them?

24.01.2022 Brilliant morning at the Australian Community and Church Summit and NCLS Leaders Briefing. One of the many learnings and encouragements is that Protestant church attendance has RISEN for the first time in decades!

23.01.2022 These are the four ways I have seen churches grow. Many pastors and churches do not grow because they don't take one of these steps. What is the common link?https://www.ianduncum.com.au/post/four-ways-churches-grow

21.01.2022 The Impact of Church Consultancy is being sold around the world in INDIA https://amzn.to/2W1AWO7 NORWAY https://bit.ly/2VmSkIH, BRAZIL https://bit.ly/2E5rXS0 NEW ZEALAND https://bit.ly/2Jk0a4i as well as a number of outlets in the US and AUSTRALIA, including Koorong https://bit.ly/2HrWE4O and my website https://bit.ly/2YsHgMd

20.01.2022 I am humbled by kind comments from colleagues such as Darren Cronshaw about The Impact of Church Consultancy: As we grapple with missional leadership and congregational transformation in the Western world, we desperately need reliable assessments, valid metrics, and practical tools for understanding and fostering church health and growth. Sometimes churches need a consultant to come alongside to ask diagnostic, curious, and subversive questions. But sometimes consultants nee...d someone else to ask diagnostic, curious, and subversive questions of their processes. Ian Duncum has been asking insightful questions for twenty years as a pastor and church consultant and now offers a timely in-depth analysis of church consultancy in a group of Australian Baptist Churches. The Impact of Church Consultancy is a gift and resource for churches, pastors, denominational leaders, and consultants to learn about the necessary dance between pastor and congregational system that fosters church health and lays the groundwork for church growth. Darren Cronshaw, Head of Research and Professor of Missional Leadership with Australian College of Ministries (Sydney College of Divinity); pastor of Auburn Life Baptist Church; author of Credible Witness (2006), Sentness (with Kim Hammond, 2014) and Dangerous Prayer (2017) Order through https://www.ianduncum.com.au/shop or Amazon.com See more

20.01.2022 A quick checklist of characteristics of healthy churches. Please add to the conversation! https://www.ianduncum.com.au/post/healthy-churches #churchhealth #churchconsultancy #churchvitality

19.01.2022 Using consultancy to proactively release growth bottlenecks in churches and non-profits, rather than responding to crises. An example is given of a church which did that. #churchgrowth #churchhealth #churchconsultancy #theimpactofchurchconsultancy

17.01.2022 The Impact of Church Consultancy is still available through my website (ianduncum.com.au/shop) at a special launch discount for a limited time, and now through Koorong and as an ebook through Google Play. https://www.koorong.com//the-impact-of/9781532667930.jhtml

17.01.2022 My book is out! Expecting some physical books in Australia very soon. PM me if you are interested in getting a copy.

17.01.2022 I am excited about working with churches (and pastors) for health, and super excited that a box of these books arrived today! Introductory special on my website https://www.ianduncum.com.au/shop

16.01.2022 Do what you can, don't stress about what you can't do during Covid. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1686479864850708&id=221081978057178

15.01.2022 "One in three practicing Christians admits they have not streamed an online service in the past four weeks." https://www.barna.com/research/new-sunday-morning/

15.01.2022 Excited to receive my first royalty payment from sales of The Impact of Church ConsultancyExcited to receive my first royalty payment from sales of The Impact of Church Consultancy

14.01.2022 Happy New Year to all my facebook friends! In early 2019 I am looking forward to the release of my book The Impact of Church Consultancy. Register at www.ianduncum.com.au for launch details.

13.01.2022 Grateful for the following endorsement from Dr Ross Clifford for The Impact of Church Consultancy (buy Paper https://www.ianduncum.com.au//the-impact-of-church-consult Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Church-Consultan//1532667930 ): We tend to look at church growth through the lens of numbers and vision strategy. In this book, Ian Duncum helpfully explores a more holistic understanding of church health by looking at and assessing local church health and growth throug...h tested consultancy ministry. This is an incredible aid to understanding church growth and wellbeing. These insights come from his years of experience in church consultancy and compelling analysis of data. A wonderful addition to healthy church life. Rev Dr Ross Clifford, AM Principal of Morling Theological College, Sydney. Author of thirteen books, including Taboo or To Do? and The Cross Is Not Enough. See more

13.01.2022 There will be opportunities and challenges presented by COVID-19 for the church over the coming months. These are some of my predictions for what we will see, and how we may best respond. https://www.ianduncum.com.au//covid-19-predictions-for-chu

12.01.2022 It has been my privilege to listen to pastors tell their stories. Stories of patiently sowing, stories of renewal, stories of risk, faith and hope. Stories that reflect the effort and love they put into the church and their local community. This article reflects glimpses of those stories, sketches of what it means to engage in a consultative process and how that fostered health and growth in the church. https://www.ianduncum.com.au//pastors-perspectives-on-cons #churchconsultancy #churchhealth #churchvitality #theimpactofchurchconsultancy

12.01.2022 What is your experience of attendance at return to physical services (if you have recommenced) attendance? (I have a hunch that it is higher in Australia than the US because of our different experience of Covid). How do you feel about #2 EMBRACING DIGITAL CHURCH AS YOUR NEW DEFAULT and how are you going with engaging people digitally? https://careynieuwhof.com/church-attendance-is-dying-whats/

11.01.2022 Some of you are experts at using Zoom to connect with those in your church online. Maybe some of your small group leaders are struggling in our new online context. Download this free Zoom Video Conferencing Cheat Sheet. Share with others. https://www.dropbox.com//Zoom%20Video%20Conferencing%20Che

10.01.2022 As ministers around the world prepare to livestream their Easter services, it is worth remembering that only 57% of people (NCLS Research, Australia) actually believe that Jesus was a historical figure. This represents an enormous opportunity to reaffirm to all people that Jesus lived, died, and rose again. You may find this article helpful. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org//jesu/did-jesus-exist/

09.01.2022 What will change for us and for churches coming out of Covid? Maybe we will re-learn Sabbath. https://www.ianduncum.com.au/p/covid-19-re-learning-sabbath #pastorhealth #churchhealth #covid19au

08.01.2022 Many ministers/pastors are struggling at the moment. Covid-19 has had us all pivoting to online services, and now discerning when and how to return to physical services. Ministers have been impacted. Churches have been jammed up. To help you I am providing one free 30 minute supervision or mentoring session to the first five ministers/pastors to respond. Dr Ian Duncum is an accredited minister with a track record of growing and revitalising churches, a mentor and supervisor o...f ministers and other leaders (Member Australian Christian Mentoring Network and Australian Association of Supervision), an author and a church and nonprofit consultant. Ian has held denominational roles in training, church health/development and a tertiary research position. Ian has mentored and coached others for many years, and over the last two years has added professional pastoral supervision. R.H., Senior Pastor of churches in NSW and Queensland said that the most valuable aspects of Ian's mentoring sessions for him were the ability to discuss issues, good support and helpful information. Being mentored by others has been formative for Ian, so he is passionate about providing a reflective space that allows ministers to develop their full potential. Simply book in a 30-minute Zoom slot using the following link: https://calendly.com/duncum/supervision-mentoring Note that you must currently be a minister/pastor and not have a supervisor or mentor to take advantage of this offer. See more

08.01.2022 Growing healthier churches. Now available on Kindle.

08.01.2022 Free Church Health Checklist to assist church leaderships to identify health and growth blockages, and four ways this can help your church. https://www.ianduncum.com.au/blog/church-health-checkup #churchhealth #churchvitality #theimpactofchurchconsultancy #churchconsultancy #newyear

06.01.2022 Great to be back with old friends at Central Baptist Church teaching around transition and governance.

06.01.2022 Can any friends direct me to research comparing the effectiveness of churches planting churches versus planting from scratch?

05.01.2022 With isolation and social distancing impacting church services, how are people responding in their lounge rooms to streamed worship? Do you think it is connecting? Do people actually sing? What alternatives are churches trying?

05.01.2022 Photo with three theological luminaries celebrating the recent launch of my book, The Impact of Church Consultancy: (left to right) Martin Sutherland, (self), Megan Powell du Toit and Graeme Chatfield at the Australian College of Theology offices in Sydney. I greatly appreciate the Australian College of Theology for their kind assistance in so many ways to get my book launched. Copies are available at a discounted price through https://www.ianduncum.com.au/shop or through Amazon.com #theimpactofchurchconsultancy #churchhealth #churchconsultancy #australiancollegeoftheology

03.01.2022 Currently doing a consultancy with Chester Hill Baptist Church in a time of pastoral transtion.

01.01.2022 Stories of churches connecting with their local community during COVID restrictions. What is working?Stories of churches connecting with their local community during COVID restrictions. What is working?