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Fuller DMin Cohort Deadline is October 1st!
Whether you are leading an existing church or a church planter just starting out, the Leading for Healthy Growth Cohort can prepare you to see the fulfillment of your calling. There's still room for you! This Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Seminary begins in...
What is whole life worship?
Transformation is the great white whale of ministry. We plan for it, pray for it, and dedicate our lives and ministries to its pursuit. We see it spout from a distance, feel the ripples that promise it is near, but real, honest to goodness transformation eludes...
How can I get people to move from visitor to participant?
Assimilation. That’s the key issue here. How can we get people to "stick" to our congregation and move from visitor to engaged participant? It’s easy to come up with a lot of wrong answers to this question. Better music. More inspiring preaching. Cool new bells and...
How do I break the 80/20 ministry rule?
We all know the 80/20 ministry rule. An oft asked question that seeks to break this rule is often: "How can I get more people to do more of the ministry instead of leaving it all up to few to carry the load?" The Consumer Driven... Church? Asking how we can get more...
How can I grow and expand our ministry?
That is a question I hear from all different types of churches and ministries. And it makes sense, since to grow and expand means more people reached and more people served. When I hear that question, I sometimes like to tweak it a bit. What happens if we replace “our...
How can I find more volunteers?
Even in its simplest form, churches need to get certain tasks accomplished. Whether it’s greeting people warmly, setting up chairs, providing food, or any number of other practical matters, you need volunteers. The church is a volunteer-based organization. We all need...
Help! I need leaders! Where can I find them?
This is an almost universal question among church leadership. It might be the most common one I am asked. “How can I find more leaders?” The phrasing of the question suggests that they are lost or ready-made and ripe for the picking, if you can find them. I don’t know...
How can I curb the trend of kids leaving the church after high school?
I have heard this question asked over and over again… among all types of churches and all types of congregations. Kids leaving church after high school is an almost universal concern among church leaders. In September of 2019, Barna research organization announced...
How can we reach more people who don’t yet know Jesus?
If you are a church leader asking this question, you are not alone. The vast majority of churches are currently not where they would like to be with reaching the unchurched. I've consulted with many denominations and churches that are waking up to the steady decline...
Why am I not seeing transformation?
This is a question we hear a lot as we visit churches and talk with pastors and denominational leaders. The undercurrent is, “We are doing the stuff. We are doing our program. Why aren’t people responding with some kind of tangible life change or outreach?” These are...
Leading through the Neutral Zone
A sailor adrift is an uneasy sailor. He is stuck far from shore and without wind or motor, moving in an intentional direction is impossible. There is no cooling breeze to take the edge off of the blazing sun. The longer he is adrift the more purposeless he feels and...
How do I get my congregation from here to there?
How do we get back to normal? It’s a common question these days. After all, most restrictions are lifted and with the nearly constant pivoting that’s taken place over the last year and a half, we are craving stability. Of course, some things will go back to “normal”...