by Brian Jones | Aug 26, 2024 | Coaching, Communication / Preaching
Introduction. Explanation. Application. – Step-By-Step For lack of a sexier phrase, I call the sermon writing process that I use and teach based on this three-act structure: “Introduction. Explanation. Application.” At this point, the most helpful way I can teach you...
by Brian Jones | Jun 26, 2024 | Church Leadership
Last night I had a dream that I was sitting in the back seat of a car riding around the streets of 1950s Clearwater, Florida. Everything I saw in my dream had a yellowish tint, like the way the Cohen brothers filmed the movie No Country For Old Men. At some point in...
by Brian Jones | May 3, 2024 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
If you’re going to lead your church through the next growth barrier, you can’t squander the most precious personal resource you have: time. This includes wasting time on unfocused sermon preparation. I’ve always been a bit suspicious of how long Senior Pastors spend...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Apr 17, 2024 | Church Growth, Technology
From the book 101 Things You Can Do to Help Grow Your Church by Bill Tenny-Brittian Be Inviting Over the years, many studies, surveys, and polls have told us that the vast majority of people in the US would be willing to go to a church event if a close...
by Steve Sjogren | Mar 13, 2024 | Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Outreach and Evangelism
Here are 12 Things Your Church Needs to Know…By The Time It’s 12 Months Old. These 12 things will help your church be healthy, balanced, and focused. 1. Don’t take yourselves too seriously You are important to God. Isn’t it enough to know that without the need...
