by Jeff Hoglen | Feb 3, 2025 | Church Growth, Church Health
Every church has a mission statement—something that defines its purpose and direction. But beyond the words printed on a website or displayed in a church lobby, the real test of a church’s priorities is found in its programs. What a church consistently organizes,...
by Bill Easum | Jan 31, 2025 | Church Revitalization, Discipleship
Recently, someone asked me to boil down the concept of multiplication as far as I possibly can. So here goes. Looking at many of the churches that are multiplying I’ve noticed there are five things that I see in every one of these churches and oddly enough they...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 27, 2025 | Church Health, Outreach and Evangelism
Let me share this truth straight away: Love changes everything. Not the watered-down, wishy-washy kind of love, but the kind Jesus modeled—bold, truth-filled, uncompromising, yet radically compassionate. Today, Let’s get into the subject of Navigating the...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 24, 2025 | Church Health, Church Leadership
Church leadership can be messy. As churches grow and get more complex, so do the challenges of balancing vision, strategy, and everyday operations. That’s where the Executive Pastor (XP) steps in. If the senior pastor is the one casting vision and leading from the...
by Ron Edmondson | Jan 22, 2025 | Church Leadership
Leader, do you realize what you communicate when you don’t communicate as a leader? I was talking once with a staff member of a large church. She consistently feared the stability of her job, because she never knew what her pastor was thinking. She was considering...
