Seven Habits of Highly Effective Churches

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/seven-habits-of-highly-effective-churches/  This an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ All of us have habits. Some good; some bad. In The Patient Ferment of the Early Church, Alan Kreider calls habits our embodied behaviors—our reflexes. Habits are not strategies; they are responses. James Clear says diet is not a strategy; it’s about our habits of food placement. Put fruit in a bowl on the counter. Put ice cream in the back of the freezer….of our neighbor’s refrigerator. We often ask what makes something effective. Just because something works does not make it worthwhile. A person can lose weight by picking up smoking, or spend more time with their family by quitting their job. Those decisions achieve one outcome at the expense of another. Instead, effective means doing what is fruitful and faithful, with neither at the expense of the other. Our church, White Station, has been studying Paul’s Letter to the Romans for all of 2025. Here are seven habits that transformed the life of that church that can help us to be effective today. Listen for more... Join RENEW.org's Newsletter: https://renew.org/resources/newsletter-sign-up/ Join RENEW.org at one of our upcoming events: https://renew.org/resources/events/ Get our Premium podcast feed featuring all the breakout sessions from the RENEW gathering early.  https://reallifetheologypodcast.supercast.com/  Be sure to like, subscribe and follow on social media!  You can find us on: Instagram: @the.renew.network  Facebook: Renew.org  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RENEWnetwork Twitter: @therenewnetwork TikTok: the.renew.network  Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/RENEW