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I’m betting you’d like more and better leaders
Is your leadership team all that it can be? Developing more and better leaders takes time and energy but your effort could potentially be rewarded tenfold. This series of blog entries covers the ten essential dynamics that allow a church to grow in ways that are...
A Coaching Culture Can Transform Your Ministry
If you have experienced a dynamic coaching relationship, you can point to the impact it has had on your life. Coaches come alongside others to help them create clear pathways toward their goals. Cultivating a coaching culture within your ministry is an effective...
Imagine your people using their spiritual gifts
Are you always looking for more volunteers? There are some faithful folks who diligently show up and help with everything. However, if you really want to see your ministry take off, you want everyone involved. Mobilizing people according to their spiritual gifts is...
Don’t Give Up on Your Small Groups Ministry
Your small groups ministry may be struggling post-pandemic but don't give up. If you want healthy church growth, you need small groups. It's as simple as that. In a small church, the pastor gets to know and care for everyone. As the church grows, it becomes too much...
3 Arenas for Worship
You've heard it touted as a solid reason to not trust the church—hypocrisy. Honest reflection will likely reveal that you are similarly frustrated as a leader in ministry... Why aren't people changing to reflect the grace of God in their lives? The hope you have in...
You want the church to grow? Making more and better disciples.
If you are like the leaders I meet with regularly, then discipleship is something you want to get right. Easier said than done. Much like recovery from addiction, being transformed into the image of Christ requires focus on self—why do I do what I don't want to do?...
Who are you talking to?
It's so hard to watch people leave the church. You have watched kids grow up and turn away from the faith that you helped raise them in and you have had whole families disappear, maybe without so much as a goodbye. It hurts. These people were and extended part of your...
Does your ministry match your vision?
You want your ministry to grow. That's the point, isn't it? As you blaze a new trail in ministry you are bringing fresh ideas and vision that will lead even more people to relationship with God. But history tells us time and again that growth for the sake of growth in...
8 Systems you will find essential moving forward
Where do you go from here? It’s been a rough couple of years for everyone, and that’s certainly also true of the church. You have been thinking for some time about the new normal—about moving forward on mission to share the love of Christ with a weary world. But where...
Encouragement for you this Easter
Are you feeling weary of all the tension and disunity? In a time when many people disagree about many things, most of us can agree on this: We live in a world desperately in need of restoration. We need help. We need salvation. In Easter we celebrate life from death,...
The Tension between Tasks and Callings
Admittedly, there is a tension between tasks and callings. If you have people you are overseeing, you likely do have certain tasks you need to get accomplished. They also likely have their own callings that dovetail with yours in some ways but not in others. Often...
Investing in those you oversee
If you are leading a ministry or a ministry area within a larger organization, you likely have people you oversee. These people may be paid staff or they may be volunteers, but either way it’s a useful exercise to sit down and think through how to lead these people...