Category: Leadership
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Top Posts of 2015 #3: “10 Signs your Church is Headed for Decline”
I’m counting down the top 10 posts on my blog from 2015 and we’ve finally hit the top 3! This one will help you understand indicators that show that your church may be headed for decline. When I was young my Aunt purchased a brand new car. I didn’t have a car yet so even…
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Top Posts of 2015 #4: “Why People Don’t Volunteer at Church Anymore”
One of the most popular topics on my blog this year was “volunteers.” This is one of the most common areas where churches in America are stuck and the following post describes why. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 1-in-4 adults volunteered their time in 2013. Altogether, 62.6 million Americans volunteered nearly 7.7 billion hours…
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Top Posts of 2015 #5: “7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Church Leaders”
It’s much easier to identify poor leadership in others than it is in yourself. We have a tendency to judge our leadership based on our intentions and the leadership of other based on the results. An old Russian Proverb says it this way, “The eye cannot see the eye.” Over the years I’ve had the…
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Top Posts of 2015 #6: “5 Reasons People Don’t Sing at your Church”
I was really excited that this post came in at #6 because it was a guest post written by a friend of mine! Check it out! I’ve been hearing a lot of concern about the fact that people are singing less and not engaging in the corporate time of worship at church. Most of the…
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Top Posts of 2015 #7: “10 Principles to Building a Great Guest Experience at Your Church”
This post came in at #7 this year, and rightly so. Guest Services is one of the areas that stuckness most often shows up in churches. Do you know how to build a great guest experience at your church? Are you starting with the right building blocks? This top 10 list has been built from…