by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 31, 2023 | Church Growth, Church Planting, Small Church / Rural Church
If you are a pastor or church planter, you should be getting all sorts of emails and advertisements about church growth. Some seem legit, others… not so much. The ones that are clearly written by a marketing expert (rather than a practitioner of church planting)...
by Ron Edmondson | Oct 30, 2023 | Church Health, Church Leadership
Being a leader isn’t easy. With every decision a leader makes, someone is happy – and someone is not. One often misunderstood reason leadership is challenging is the tension every leader feels when making decisions. And every leader experiences some of this tension –...
by Brian Jones | Oct 27, 2023 | Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout
We would all agree that the worst possible rut to ever be in as a Pastor is living in a perpetual state of distraction, overwhelm, and superficiality. Yet, if someone were to ask us how we’re doing, we’d be lying if we didn’t say that’s how we spend the majority of...
by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 13, 2023 | Church Health, Church Planting, Discipleship
As a Christian believer, I have always believed that discipleship is a crucial part of my journey. Whether attending church services, studying the Bible, or participating in faith-based community service, I have always been eager to learn more about the teachings of...
by Todd Hunter | Oct 11, 2023 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
The number one requirement for a successful church plant is a certain quality of leadership. This leadership, in my mind, has two primary threads: what I call “the mojo” to start a church—that is, the gifts, temperament, and spiritual entrepreneurial bent. The second...