Leadership
Holistic Leadership Development
You want to develop leaders who will do what Jesus called us to do, leaders who can take the church forward into the 21st century. You look to the fields and see them, as Jesus does, ready for harvest — and you know that’s where your ministry needs to concentrate.
What’s needed is holistic leadership development — the kind of leadership development that comes from the harvest and leads people back into the harvest, resulting in subsequent generations of new believers and new leaders living as Jesus called us to live.
We can help you develop leaders the kind of leaders you need in a way that is both relational and intentional… and ultimately effective in helping your church accomplish its mission.
Remember who you are
In a world where identity is everything, how can we remember who we are? You’ve probably seen the scene in The Lion King when The spirit of his father Mufasa returned and told Simba “Remember who you are.” It’s powerful because our internal identity must then be...
3 Habits To Keep Your Mission Central
You have an idea of how things are going to go when--BAM!--something happens out of left field and it changes your trajectory. It happens more often than you'd like. It doesn’t even need to be a major event; even little changes can alter our course. But if you have a...
When Disaster Strikes
Many of you know that I live in Pasadena, California. In fact, I live two blocks from Altadena. The Eaton fire was stopped just 100+ yards from my home. Four houses on my street burned to the ground. Beyond that—it’s just sheer devastation. I had a very relevant post...
Starting 2025 Strong
You want to see God do amazing things in and through your church in 2025. Now is the time to start. If you aren’t intentional about it, ministry in January can be kind of a wash. To help, we have outlined 5 key areas where you will want to focus on now in order to get...
Our Top Blog Posts in 2024 (and what that says about you)
One way we measure our effectiveness is through the engagement we get with the blog posts we send you. The following are the blog posts that caught your attention—and why we think they did. #1 Arrested Spiritual Development This was the top opened blog post of the...
5 Questions to Ask in December to Start the New Year Strong
There’s a lot of pressure in January. It is supposed to be a time for new beginnings but frequently January is a recovery time without a clear focus --- and we fail to get traction to move forward. One of the best ways to start the new year strong is to start in...
Facilitating Faith
How do you know when someone in your congregation is struggling with their faith? What signals you that someone is ready to take a leap of faith? Often the answer is when they tell you. The trouble is people often wait to share those things until it is critical and...
Renewing Church Staff Energy
You ask for feedback at a staff meeting and get crickets. People are doing their job...but no more. There is a general lack of "team" amongst the staff. You've tried team building exercises and retreats, adjusting your goals, even bringing in a consultant to help...
What no longer works—and what does
You are already living in the post-Christian era in the United States. It seems like it happened fast but you've likely been feeling the effects for a while. You know the love and peace of being reconciled to God through Jesus Christ but when you share what you know...
The new era of ministry cooperation
Have you ever considered how often we have come to view churches as like sports teams? Not in the cooperation sense but the competitive sense. We have “our” team that we root for. We identify with their brand, wear their colors, and root for them to win against the...
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?
How do you define discipleship? While the script is pretty standard from a church marketing perspective, the actions associated with being a follower of Jesus can vary from church attendance to political association and everywhere in between. Growing disciples...
Financial stability and the future of the church
Here are the top two questions church leaders are asking: The first is how to get increased financial stability in their church; it just doesn’t seem to functioning as smoothly financially as it used to. The second is about what the church of the future will look...