ABOUT SETH GODIN

Understanding the Importance of the Critical Path in Your Next Ministry Project

Most organizations focus on shiny objectives or contentious discussions or get sidetracked by emergencies instead of honoring the critical path.

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Stop Promoting. Instead, Start Telling a Story Worth Sharing

You can dramatically impact your “more awareness” problem by investing heavily in a story that’s worth spreading.

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Do What You’re Capable Of

In one of his most challenging books yet, Godin shows why true innovators focus on  trust, remarkability leadership, and stories that spread. And he makes a passionate argument for why you should be treating your work as art.

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The Lab or the Factory

Seth Godin uses a business example to point out that some organizations are content with doing what they’ve always done while others are always in search of the next great idea. This has HUGE implications for ministry work.

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Thriving Ministries Do Something Different Tomorrow than They Did Yesterday

In the post-industrial age, when thriving organizations do something different tomorrow than they did yesterday, when the output is connection as much as stuff, the objectives are very different.

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Pushing Ministry Innovation Forward: The Desperate Effort that Comes from Being Hopeful

As organizations and individuals succeed, it gets more difficult to innovate.

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Your Brand is a Story – About You

Your brand is a story. But it’s a story about you, not the brand.

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Leaders Communicate with Certainty

The sure hand of someone who understands what she says and what she wants to communicate can’t help but touch us.

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When Leading Change in Your Church, the First Question to Ask is “Who?”

The first, most important question to consider when making change at your church is, “who do we want to change?”

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Eleven Things Your Church Can Learn from the Airport

I don’t dislike flying–I dislike airports. There are so many things we can learn from what they do wrong.

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— Abel Singbeh
 
comment_post_ID); ?> 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.
 
— Dave
 
comment_post_ID); ?> 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.
 
— Argaw Alemu
 

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