by Ron Edmondson | Apr 18, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
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...
by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 7, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
Why do many love inspirational quotes? Quotes can give you insight into the thoughts and teachings of very wise people. Whether they are alive or dead, their words can continue to resonate and make a difference. After all, sound advice and wisdom are meant to be...
by Doug Murren | Jun 10, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
What’s a system? I define a system as the process of developing and leading a church that lays out a process all can easily participate in the church life easily. A system is an agreed-upon way of behaving and reacting. A good system answers the right questions...
by Brian Jones | Jun 4, 2021 | Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout
If you feel like you’ve lost your passion for ministry and can’t seem to regain the excitement and motivation you felt in earlier years, that’s a very good thing. Where in the Bible do we see any of the early church leaders praying to “get their passion back?” The...
by Geoff Surratt | May 25, 2021 | Church Revitalization, Communication / Preaching, Small Church / Rural Church
The art of writing a sermon fascinates me. How does a speaker move from a good idea to a great message? Others much more qualified than me have written on this subject (e.g. Andy Stanley’s Communicating for a Change), but I wanted to throw out a couple of...
