I have spent my life looking for the biblical, authentic church. It’s my dream that each pastor find the time and place for the authentic church. And the amazing answer is “It’s right now, right where you are.”
When was the last time you experienced a dynamic 2-day offsite retreat that refreshed and refocused your team? This week is a great time to calendar, block, and schedule a retreat with your key leaders.
It’s unbelievable how quickly churches fragment their message with multiple ministry logos.
Auxano founder Will Mancini talks about 5 retail trends that church leaders should understand and apply to their ministries.
Every church has some “decentralized” ministry component and pastors feel good about “releasing” people into these groups, classes and teams. But in the absence of clarity, most ministry is better described as fragmented not decentralized.
During a recent immersion in a day of military culture, I couldn’t believe the sheer discipline of clarity that we exercise on behalf of our great country, in contrast to how little we achieve as leaders within God’s eternal kingdom.
5 cautions for pastors using social media.
Great leaders should be passionate, work hard, and stay focused by not caring too much.
Recently while completing the Vision Frame with a church in California they could feel the removal of what one pastor called their “invisible walls.” It’s an interesting comment given the fact that its a very effective church.