Getting the message right is only a quarter of the task for the teacher. Communicating the message so that others...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Discipleship, Featured
Make Disciples, Let Jesus Build the Church
Aug 1, 2022
Christ comes first. He then commands us into His mission. The byproduct of our mission is His kingdom spread on earth...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Discipleship, Small Church / Rural Church
Learn From The Ant
Sep 22, 2021
ANTS!!! It seems that no matter what I do they become more. They are in the kitchen, the bathroom, the dining room,...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Outreach and Evangelism
How Many Churches Did the Apostle Paul Start?
Feb 24, 2020
Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend...
Lessons We Can Learn From Ants
Aug 29, 2018
ANTS!!! It seems that no matter what I do they become more. They are in the kitchen, the bathroom, the dining room,...
How Many Churches Did the Apostle Paul Start?
Aug 6, 2018
Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend to...
How Your Church Responds When You Are Away Is the Ultimate Test of Your Leadership
Apr 30, 2013
Every pastor should be haunted by the words of Philippians 2:12-13 which says, "So then, my beloved, just as you have...
Church Leadership, Church Planting
The Way to Get Big is to Go Small
Oct 31, 2012
In our new book, Church Transfusion, Phil Helfer and I start by claiming that the true expression of Christ's kingdom...
Is Bigger Really Better? The Statistics actually Say “No”!
Aug 30, 2012
There are millions of people in smaller congregations across the country who live with a feeling that they are...
Church: No Longer “Business” As Usual!
Dec 31, 2011
Earlier this week I was asked what I think about the upswing in the trend of church mergers. I first responded with a...
A Lasting Lesson From A Notorious Athiest
Oct 31, 2011
Earlier last month I turned 51. Most of the major transitional boundaries of my own life occur the first year of a new...
Church Leadership, Church Planting
Influential Success Is Not Always Measuring Positive Results
Aug 29, 2011
It's not how many walk an aisle on Sunday in church that measures success, but how many walk with Jesus in the world...