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Start your ministry with confidence
You know where you want to go but the possible roads to get there are innumerable. Where is the best place to start? Philosophy, strategy, targeted marketing, quality programming, numerical goals and benchmarks. All of those are beneficial… but they aren’t the...
Recovering from Vision Drift
It happens despite your best efforts and no one is immune: Vision Drift. If you spend any length of time in real-life ministry, you’ll understand the tyranny of the urgent, the fires that do need to be put out, and how easy it is to get sidetracked when there are so...
Developing Others: The Big Picture
Your congregation is filled with people God wants to use in powerful ways. Sometimes that reality may be hard for you to see from your vantage point, but God brought these particular people to you to nurture and develop holistically for his purpose. But here’s the...
Transforming prayer in your church
Have you ever felt uncomfortable praying? It’s pretty common. That can show itself in hesitance to pray aloud in a small group or even the fear of praying “wrong” in private prayer. Many people feel there is a code to prayer that they have not been able to break. As...
The tension between grace and obedience
Having experienced the grace and mercy of God, you in turn want to obey God and live within biblical instruction for you trust that God’s plan is good. Hidden in that statement is a tension between grace and obedience. It is by grace you were saved, now go and obey....
Is church feeling dry? Here’s what’s missing…
Sometimes it feels like your people know all the right answers, but are having none of the right experiences. What can you do about that? Although you can’t force it, you can help reorient them to focus on the right things. If they get more intentional about becoming...
What does healthy discipleship look like to you?
Spring is all about planting seeds. Even though most of us don’t live in farming communities, many of us still plant seeds in the spring. We plan ahead, envisioning what we want summer to look like, and taking steps to make that a reality. Yet it’s not really us who...
Are you seeing transformation?
The gospel itself–Jesus’ death and resurrection–is an overwhelmingly powerful story of transformation. When all hope seems lost, we see light. Something difficult becomes something beautiful. The Red Sea rolls back to reveal dry land. The new heavens and the new earth...
Are you accidentally burying your talent?
You have an investment opportunity that is as close to a sure thing as it can get. But it's still a leap of faith. It still requires a sacrifice. Jesus taught about earthly managers being left with money to invest and how different managers handled the task (Matt...
The most effective pastors do this…
Are you raising up people who are dependent on you? For spiritual food, for sermons, for meeting their needs? If you died tomorrow, do your people have the roots to continue growing? What about new ministry leaders who, in their own right can feed themselves, go on to...
Does your congregation believe you care?
You care about your congregation, both as a whole and for the individuals who call it home. After all, you’ve invested so much time, energy, and heart. How could the fact that you care be in doubt? Yet in many congregations, it is a real question. Sometimes people...
What is the main point of the church?
Answer: To make disciples! That is what Jesus called the church to do in the great commission: disciplemaking. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to...