by Steve Sjogren | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today more than ever, we have bi-vocational, co-vocational, and even multi-vocational pastors and church planters. Steve Sjogren shares his heart about this topic. Rather than viewing it as a negative, we can radically change our mindset to see the positive effects of...
by Travis Stephens | Feb 25, 2021 | Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
A little over ten years ago, my church hit a growth spurt. One year we grew by 18 percent, the next year 48 percent, and the next year 57 percent. Growth seemed to come easy back then. It’s much different these days, at least for us. Over the past few years, we’ve...
by Ron Edmondson | Feb 18, 2021 | Church Health, Pastoral Burnout, Small Church / Rural Church
A healthy team gives the potential for life to every idea. Every idea has a chance to live. Initially, there are no bad ideas. Healthy teams don’t contain a built-in idea killer. And if there is one they aren’t allowed to remain so for long. Ideas need a chance to...
by Travis Stephens | Jan 12, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership
Change is dangerous. It’s been over a decade now since I was called into my very first board meeting. I wasn’t on staff at the time and had only been attending the church for a couple of years, but I was already in trouble. You see, before this blog, I wrote another...
by Bryan Stevenson | Dec 22, 2020 | Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church, Worship
Over twenty years have passed since I was first involved in a church plant. There is much that has changed in the field of worship and technology, but as the saying goes – the more things change, the more they stay the same. No, I am no longer lugging a Fender...
