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Don’t just do what is trendy. How many congregations are doing social media and have absolutely no idea why? How many pastors have a blog and have no idea why? Are you multi-site with a vision, or just because it worked for another congregation? Trends are short sited, God’s calling is eternal. Better for a [...]

A congregation hires a new pastor, John, he has some mad tech knowledge so they put him in charge of technology, for this post we will look at acquisitions. There are two roads this guy can take, one is helpful to everyone, the other ticks off his fellow pastors and slows down their work. Road [...]

Scripture makes clear that the local church is to do specific things. The congregation is expected to meet regularly for worship and prayer. As well as mutually encourage one another. Some would say that all of these things can be accomplished in Sunday morning worship. Other’s would drive for program after program to accomplish these goals. But there comes a [...]

I have yet to hear a pastor who didn’t have a story about one. I know of no church that is without that member. The one that everyone knows about but has yet to say something too. Their the bully, the self proclaimed leader without a title, or maybe they come with one. And if [...]

Just because something is NEW doesn’t mean it’s better. Just because something is ‘working’ for everyone else doesn’t mean it will work for you. The newest, latest, and greatest often has more to do with status than actual productivity. What works for you is what you should be using. THE TAKE AWAY: Bosses let your employees use [...]

There should be a constant weight on the leadership of a church to clearly communicates the Gospel of Jesus in a way that everyone can understand the message even if their response is rejecting it as true. The leadership must consider, although not with equal weight, these forces and factors: * Members (& at many [...]