Author: Paul Alexander

  • Why Crisis is a Leaders Best Friend

    Why Crisis is a Leaders Best Friend

    If you lead in a church long enough eventually you’re going to face a crisis. It may be a staff crisis, a financial crisis, a moral crisis, a personal crisis or even a crisis of faith. One of the differences between good church leaders and great church leaders is that while good church leaders manage…

  • 10 Articles that will Help Your Church Make Vision Real

    10 Articles that will Help Your Church Make Vision Real

    Thank you for making May another great month here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real! It’s great staying connected with you through social media and hearing that these articles have been helpful. So, thank you for connecting with me through the content on this blog! You made these the top posts from this last month.…

  • Is your Church Overthinking Discipleship?

    Is your Church Overthinking Discipleship?

    At the Unstuck Group we’ve discovered an alarming trend in churches across America. When we lead a church through our strategic planning process we help them discover several “core issues” that that are holding them back from being the church that God has called them to be. In a study that we conducted more than…

  • The 4 Phase Planning Process for Church Leaders

    Few churches have a great planning process. Most don’t even have a good planning process, if they have a process at all. I’m not sure why this isn’t a bigger priority. Planning is certainly biblical. I don’t find many pastors who would really take aim at that fact. You’d have to throw out a lot of Proverbs,…

  • Why Good Leaders Shoot Down New Ideas

    Why Good Leaders Shoot Down New Ideas

    Ever had an idea that your boss shot down? Sure you have, I have too. Remember when you were a young leader full of fresh new ideas and you were pretty sure that your idea was the best idea in the room? Remember how frustrated you were with your boss when they shot down that…