Getting the message right is only a quarter of the task for the teacher. Communicating the message so that others understand the content only brings the teacher to half of his or her role. Seeing the content applied well in the listener's context is another 25% of the...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Coaching, Communication / Preaching
20 Quotes to Encourage Church Planters & Pastors
Aug 31, 2020
I love quotes! I especially like quotes from people who have a track record. They inspire me to press forward even...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
6 Reasons You SHOULD Preach Other Pastor’s Sermons
Aug 7, 2020
The secret to leading a growing church is to steal, steal, steal. If you want to lead your church in dynamic spiritual...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching, Small Church / Rural Church
How To Create Compelling Sermon Titles
Apr 10, 2020
Here’s a quick and easy process to follow that will help you generate compelling sermon titles every week: 1. Title...
Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching, Uncategorized
Pastoring Through a Pandemic
Mar 20, 2020
This feels like we’re experiencing a biblical plague. Well, maybe it’s not a plague, but it is a difficult time for...
Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
3 Practical Ways To Take Your Preaching To The Next Level
Jan 31, 2020
Here are a few practical things that you can do to take your preaching to the next level, with minimal effort. 1. Do a...
Church Leadership, Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching
A Month By Month Guide To Understanding Your Listener’s Mindsets
Jan 17, 2020
All great communicators begin with focusing on their listener’s mindset, not their topic. Senior Pastor’s who are...
Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching
The Three Second Rule
Jan 13, 2020
It happened again. Great worship was happening and then … nothing. Silence Dead air time Squirrel!!! Let’s be honest...
Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
3 Questions to Ask When Planning a Sermon Series
Nov 29, 2019
One of the best changes my church ever made was going from preaching stand-alone sermons every Sunday to preaching...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching
Growth By Accident. Death By Committee.
Sep 2, 2019
“Yeah, the weirdest thing. Everything seemed to be going well, at least it looked that way on the surface to us. We...
Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
The Happy(Note) Story
Jul 24, 2019
The following is a guest post by Happy Leman. Happy and his wife Dianne are the co-founding pastors of The Vineyard...
Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
Don’t Let Them Die! Give Them This!
May 10, 2019
Vision isn’t just something good for leaders to have, it’s a must! Proverbs says it pretty clearly… Without vision...
Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
Brevity of Sermons
Apr 29, 2019
Note: This post was originally written several years ago but is still relevant today and something worth considering...
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