by Jeff Hoglen | Jun 14, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Pastoral Burnout
Pastors, if you are anything like me, Mondays can be tough. Tough in many ways. For starters, there is the physical recuperation that needs to take place – especially the more worship services you offer. Besides that, there are a couple of things that impact my...
by Travis Stephens | Apr 27, 2021 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
I’ve been thinking a lot about connections lately. I haven’t really made up my mind completely, but I know they’re important. Maybe more important than I ever took the time to fully realize. Possibly more important than just about anything else when it comes to people...
by Artie Davis | Dec 23, 2020 | Church Leadership
I was having a conversation the other day with an up and coming leader. He was dealing with a very hurtful relationship that ended and he didn’t understand why it was so painful for so long. We discovered his issue wasn’t just the pain of the relationship it was the...
by Ron Edmondson | Dec 17, 2020 | Church Leadership
Leadership is so much different today than when I first started leading almost 35 years ago. To lead today we must learn to think outside some things once considered normal in leadership. And then 2020 came. “Normal” leadership is no longer a thing. When I was first...
by Ed Stetzer | Oct 29, 2020 | Church Health, Church Revitalization, Small Church / Rural Church
We all want our churches to be loving environments. But what does that look like? How do we make that happen? As I see it, some churches work to be more friendly— and that’s good. Some move beyond being friendly and move to caring— and that’s better. But, I think...
