by Brian Jones | Aug 7, 2020 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
The secret to leading a growing church is to steal, steal, steal. If you want to lead your church in dynamic spiritual and numerical growth you don’t have time to reinvent the wheel each time you recognize that something original needs to be created in your church....
by Travis Stephens | Aug 5, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
Can we just take a moment to catch our breath? Follow after me, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out. Do you feel better now? These last few months have been trying to say the least. If you’re still hanging in there, even if it’s just by a thread, give...
by Ron Edmondson | Jul 30, 2020 | Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout, Small Church / Rural Church
Clarity is often king in organizational dynamics. Words do matter and clear communication is vital for healthy teams. As hard as it is for me to zero in on one idea, I know a huge part of my job as a leader is to help people understand our vision and where we are...
by Ed Stetzer | Jul 22, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism
As an integral prioritist (my phrase), I believe both mission and evangelism are important for both individual followers of Christ and to churches, but I also believe evangelism will fall off our radars if we aren’t intentional to prioritize it. We have entered a...
by Jeff Hoglen | Jul 15, 2020 | Church Revitalization, Coaching, Pastoral Burnout
But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” -Ruth 1:16 (NIV) I’ve had an opportunity to reflect on my 23 years of ministry....
