Finding the balance: both relational and productive
Finding the balance isn’t always easy. Healthy teams know how to have fun together as well as getting the job done. They take time to pray together and play together, but also make sure the task gets done. Achieving that balance requires compatibility over the...What comes after Alpha?
]Alpha is a great example of my metaphor of the path. (You can read a description of that metaphor here if you’re not familiar with it.) Alpha focuses on finding seekers in the parking lot who want to explore spiritual things. The participants have dinner together...Making serving relational and inclusive
A church had been engaging in a Saturday morning food distribution ministry to neighborhood families. One man at the church drove by and saw all these people lined up, waiting in line for the food distribution. That gave the man an idea: interact with them. Here they...What does the term “organic church planting” mean?
To me, organic means “alive,” a recognition of the reality that the church is a living organism, not an institution. It’s a much more 1st-century approach to church. An organic church is alive and growing– it doesn’t necessarily...The big five
If you’re putting together a training system, a coaching structure, a discipleship approach, a leadership development plan—almost anything—there are five core elements you’ll need to put into place to make a truly great system: Keep it focused. Have a clear...