by Hugh Halter | Nov 15, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
I was speaking to a denomination several weeks ago and a pastor asked me how many people we had in our church. I responded, “324.” He looked at me strange as if I had said something weird. “Wow, you know the exact number?” He asked. “Well of course. How else are...
by Neil Cole | Oct 31, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
In our new book, Church Transfusion, Phil Helfer and I start by claiming that the true expression of Christ’s kingdom should stand out as very different from all other religions. To demonstrate the radically different nature of God’s kingdom we list 6 ways...
by Steve Pike | Jun 23, 2012 | Church Planting
A friend of mine who pastors a church of 120 in a town of 1,000 told me about a strange encounter he had with a mega church pastor about what constitutes a mega church. The mega pastor led a church of 10,000 in a town of 600,000 and told my friend that if your church...
by Brent Foulke | Apr 5, 2012 | Church Leadership, Church Planting
The healthiest churches are congregations that understand the urgency of sharing God’s love and the centrality of the local church in His plan. Since the Jerusalem church planted congregations in other cities and the Antioch church took it to another level of...
by Mark Batterson | Feb 26, 2012 | Church Leadership
How you handle offense has the potential to make you or break you as a leader. You will offend. The only question is: who will you offend? And you will be offended. The only question is: how will you respond to offense? As God expands your sphere of influence you’ll...
