by Ron Edmondson | May 2, 2022 | Church Leadership, Coaching
In looking for another file recently, I stumbled across a note I had shared with my son a few years back. At the time, he was being offered his first senior leader (pastor) position and questioning whether he was ready or not. He was in his late 20’s at the time. So,...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 28, 2022 | Church Planting, Coaching
I get a lot of questions regarding this topic. While I’m not a financial advisor, CPA, or stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and pretended to be – I have planted a few churches. Be sure and check with your CPA to stay up on the latest news regarding this...
by Jeff Hoglen | Apr 7, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Church planting is one of the toughest callings – period. Those who think it’s easy are either crazy, never tried, or have never been involved with a new church plant. Over the course of time, problems arise, and leaders have to make decisions –...
by Ron Edmondson | Feb 28, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership
There are some lessons we only learn the hard way. One of them for me has been ways I help creative people on our teams flourish. I used to think when leading creatives, the key was to free them to create. Therefore, I gave huge blank slates, allowed people to dream,...
by Dave Workman | Jan 6, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Many years ago a fellow pastor introduced me to a graphic that was helpful for a wider view of the Church. He had adapted a construct from the late author Phyliss Tickle that described the landscape of modern Christianity and the Church (capital C) in quadrants....