by Jeff Hoglen | Nov 17, 2025 | Church Planting
There’s a moment every church planter knows intimately. The first 100 days bring a particular kind of pressure—it’s week three, maybe week four, and suddenly everything feels fragile. Launch Sunday felt electric, but now you’re staring at attendance... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Oct 23, 2025 | Church Growth, Church Health
Picture this: Your church just wrapped up the biggest Easter service in its history. Attendance crushed last year’s numbers, twenty-three people got baptized, and your team is celebrating with high-fives and donuts in the green room. Fast forward six months... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 16, 2025 | Church Health, Church Revitalization
No church leader wakes up one morning and thinks, “You know what? Today feels like the perfect day to admit our church is dying.” But here’s the thing—if we don’t get brutally honest about where we are, we’ll never get to where God wants... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 24, 2025 | Church Growth, Church Health
Many pastors are looking for the secret to church growth. They have tried various programs and done all they know, yet something still feels missing in the equation. I was talking with a pastor friend last week who was crushing it with weekend attendance but privately... 
by Jeff Hoglen | Jan 2, 2025 | Church Health, Church Leadership
If we are honest, most strategic planning sessions end up being long meetings where we drink too much coffee, fill up whiteboards with fancy words, and create documents that collect digital dust in our Google Drives. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. But...