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Hey there, church family! So, your longtime pastor is thinking about retirement, huh? Maybe you're feeling a mix of excitement and anxiety. Trust me, you're not alone. I've been there, and I've seen churches navigate this transition like pros. Others... well, let's...
Have you ever made a bad hiring decision? Enthusiastically selected someone to a responsible position, only to...
What I am about to share with you is the single most important church growth principle I have ever learned for Senior...
If you know me at all, you’ve probably heard me talk about the Law of Preparation and how I think it has massive...
Over the years that we’ve worked with churches, it’s been our observation that of the four critical elements of...
Leader, do you realize what you communicate when you don’t communicate as a leader? I was talking once with a staff...
There are lots of opinions about what a local church should look like, but at its CORE, the local church is a body of...
If the church was a mission to the moon, and I was the commander of the mission, my call to Mission Central would be:...
Church planting is one of the toughest callings - period. Those who think it's easy are either crazy, never tried, or...
I’m not a huge fan of most policies and a majority of them, in my opinion, need someone to improve them. It could be...
After a time of crazy growth, we had a number of people leave as a result of some challenging changes we had...
We naturally gravitate toward what is familiar. Once we find a place to sit, we’ll sit there every time. Once we find...
One of our worship leaders shared a great line in an email to me. He and his wife met a couple from our area at a...