by Steve Sjogren | Sep 5, 2018 | Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
Those are the words of a newcomer family who had been anticipating a negative experience upon their first time at a church I was coaching in the southeastern U.S. But thanks to, among other things, the simple presence of many signs showing first-time newcomers how to...
by Steve Sjogren | Aug 1, 2018 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
There is no area in the life of a pastor-communicator where he or she has a greater lack of self-awareness than this: How they are doing at giving the weekly message. Every week hundreds of thousands of pastors deliver a message that they are convinced is a...
by Steve Sjogren | May 16, 2018 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Communication / Preaching
Any church planter / pastor who hopes to connect with the community is in need of becoming a great communicator as soon as possible if not sooner! When I first began launching, quite a few plants ago, I didn’t understand this simple truth. Regardless of where you are...
by Steve Sjogren | May 10, 2018 | Coaching, Communication / Preaching
Some who are veteran readers of my articles and books may be surprised to find that I see weekend gatherings to be of the utmost importance. I have suffered through the slough of people “speed reading” my books over the years and mistakenly thinking my ideas are so...
by Geoff Surratt | May 2, 2016 | Church Leadership, Communication / Preaching
This past week as I was wrestling with a message for the weekend I had to go back to five basic questions I try to answer every time I speak. If you are a speaker these are great questions to ask before you hop on the stage: Who am I speaking to? What is the average...
