Monthly Archives: November 2016

  1. How to focus on what's really important

    Are there projects, choices and decisions that prevent you from focusing on what's really important in your life and ministry? We've got some ideas on how to reduce the mental clutter and focus on what's important.

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  2. Your church has 2 front doors (and 2 back doors too)

    20 years ago when people wanted to find a church they had to search the yellow pages or look through a newspaper for ads. Fast forward to now, and things are completely different.

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  3. The Best Time to Make Major Changes in Your Church

    It's common to hear stories of churches that come face to face with a financial crisis and decide that it's finally time to make some changes to their style of ministry. But what about churches that aren't facing a financial crisis and don't "have" to change to stay afloat?

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  4. Four Ways Churches Break Attendance Barriers


    If you want to grow your church, then you have to face the reality that growth in attendance means that more people actually need to attend your church.

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  5. The Dark Side of Vision

    If you've been around the church any amount of time you've probably seen this play out: A leader casts a vision for an event, or a ministry or a season, and before he finishes exhaling the room starts splitting in half. Some (hopefully most!) people are on board, but there are others who resent the idea and either grumble and complain, or leave the organization.

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  6. Are things going 'too' well at your church?

    Have you ever visited a church where everyone wears their "Sunday best", the pastor smiles and is cleanly shaven, but when it comes time for the call to salvation at the end of the service, you can hear the crickets chirping? Perhaps things are going too well at your church, or running too smoothly.

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  7. Feeling the burn?

    As leaders, many of us (myself included) have this idea that when the organization reaches _____ level that we'll no longer feel the pain of burnout. Yes, we'll still do as much work, and we'll still be overwhelmed with all the new things to think about, but somehow, it won't affect us or our relationships nearly as much as it is now.

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  8. Are You Preparing for Growth?


    It's easy to prepare for disasters (fire insurance, fire extinguishers, escape plans) but what about church growth?

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