by Ron Edmondson | Nov 8, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
I’ve worked with a lot of church plants. And, I’ve been involved in two church plants as the planter. Every planter goes into the process hoping to see lives changed with the Gospel. Hoping to grow. Some work. Some don’t. Why is that? Well, of course, there are...
by Bill Easum | Oct 8, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Worship
Over the years I’ve seen pastors make the same mistakes over and over. Every time I see these mistakes I can almost bet their church is declining. So I thought I would share with you the six most common mistakes I see pastors doing and what to do about it. Mistake...
by Ed Stetzer | Aug 16, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching
We all know the famous quotes about leadership. We have used them time and time again in sermons, Bible studies, or when rallying the troops for service at the church. “Everything rises and fall on leadership.” -John Maxwell “Leadership is influence.” -J. Oswald...
by Mark Batterson | Aug 14, 2018 | Church Leadership, Coaching
I recently read an interesting book by Garry Kasparov titled How Life Imitates Chess. Kasparov won his first world-championship chess match in 1985 and he dominated the chess world for several decades. In the book he shares some of the lessons he learned. Here is one...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 26, 2018 | Church Planting
It was a great gathering of church planters from all around the globe July 19-22 in Muncie Indiana. Here are just few “takeaway nuggets” from the conference. “You can’t be living on the edge with God and not be on the verge of something...