6 Gut-Check Questions to Ask When Your Ministry Seems Stuck
by: Rich Birch
Here are some questions that you could use to evaluate that ministry you suspect is stuck.
ABOUT RICH BIRCH
Thanks so much for dropping by unseminary … I hope that your able to find some resources that help you lead your church better in the coming days!
I’ve been involved in church leadership for over 15 years. Early on I had the privilege of leading in one of the very first multisite churches in North Amerca. I led the charge in helping The Meeting House in Toronto to become the leading multi-site church in Canada with over 4,000 people in 6 locations. (Today they are 13 locations with somewhere over 5,000 people attending.) In addition, I served on the leadership team of Connexus Community Church in Ontario, a North Point Community Church Strategic Partner.
I currently serves as Operations Pastor at Liquid Church in the Manhattan facing suburbs of New Jersey.
I have a dual vocational background that uniquely positions me for serving churches to multiply impact. While in the marketplace, I founded a dot-com with two partners in the late 90’s that worked to increase value for media firms and internet service providers.
I’m married to Christine and we live in Scotch Plains, NJ with their two children and one dog.
8 Bad Habits that Keep Your Church Communications Stuck in a Rut
by: Rich Birch
We can get stuck in a rut when it comes to our leadership and church communications.
Appreciating Volunteers – 33 Actionable Ideas
by: Rich Birch
Church Volunteers, Serve, Volunteer Appreciation, Volunteer Culture
Volunteers are the life blood of your church. The first step towards building healthy volunteer teams is making sure that your existing team members feel appreciated!
8 Charts Depicting Cultural Change: How Will Your Church React?
by: Rich Birch
One of our roles as church leaders is to have our pulse on the shifting cultural around us so we can serve our community better. We need understand the times so we can have clarity on what actions we should be taking as a church.
9 Reasons What You Say About Giving Goes Unheard
by: Rich Birch
Asking people to join the mission through giving to your church can be as vibrant as any other part of your services. Here are 9 things you need to avoid to make the “giving talk” less awkward.
8 Habits of a Highly Effective Campus Pastor
by: Rich Birch
Campus Pastors, Multisite, Rich Birch, Staff Leadership Roles
Here are 8 habits of a highly effective campus pastor.
8 Tips for Better Church Announcements
by: Rich Birch
When “announcements” are done well they help move the community to be more engaged in the vision your church. When they are done poorly they drag on the service and make everyone wish they would just stop!
7 Alternatives to Sunday Morning Announcements
by: Rich Birch
Attention, Awareness, Rich Birch, Sunday morning announcements
The more you talk about on a Sunday morning the less effective the messaging for everything is.
Hype, Hope, or Help: Writing Sermon Series Promotions
by: Rich Birch
When promoting an upcoming series of messages at your church you need to think carefully about the language you use to promote it. The right promotional copy can encourage your people invite friends while if you get it wrong it can actually repel people from your church.
The One Social Network Every Church Leader Needs to Use Regularly – for Now
by: Rich Birch
The statistics add up to the fact that the people you are currently working with and the people you are trying to reach are on Facebook.
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Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked.
I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
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Amen!!
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