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I’ve often heard people say you can’t measure discipleship. I don’t know if that’s true. It is certainly true you can’t necessarily put a number or percentage on discipleship growth – as easily as you can numerical growth, but you can tell, over time, if discipleship...
As a leader, there are many times I feel like the mediator between opposing viewpoints. I’m steering our team towards...
There are many reasons we should start a church. There are even more reasons we should plant churches that plant...
Most of us know how essential volunteers are to making sure our churches are as effective as they need to be. Churches...
In my years of coaching pastors, I’ve found that the conversation will inevitably drift into one of three tracks that...
Change has changed. Have you noticed? Of course, you have. It’s all around us. You might not have thought about it,...
A very long time ago I came to the conclusion that God blesses those who work the hardest. I remember telling my...
One of the most common complaints I hear from churches is how they wish their introverted Senior Pastors were...
Pastors, if you are anything like me, Mondays can be tough. Tough in many ways. For starters, there is the physical...
Years ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: ...
Often in churches like the one I pastored years ago, we turned the mainstream view of “believe, then belong” upside...
I’ve been thinking a lot about connections lately. I haven’t really made up my mind completely, but I know they’re...
Before we begin, a quick reality check: all pastors struggle with leadership challenges. In a recent survey, over...