Category: Leadership
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5 Indicators that your Church is Financially Overextended
Earlier this fall in a post entitled “Breaking Through your Capacity Lid,” I wrote that financial shortfalls at churches can limit opportunities. I suggested that there are two sides to finances in a church setting. One is building a culture of generosity in your church and then the other is managing that generosity so you…
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6 Keys to Successful Small Groups
The other day the consulting team at the Unstuck Group was having a conversation about how to help churches get unstuck when it comes to the disciple-making ministry at their church. In particular we were discussing Small Groups. In the conversation Chris Surratt who runs SmallGroup.com and serves as a Ministry Consultant with the Unstuck…
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The Most Important Leadership Question You Aren’t Asking
Volumes and volumes have been written about leadership. You can search online and purchase any number of books about how to lead effectively, how to improve as a leader, you can pick up a historical account of how the best leaders have led, and there is never any shortage of books that will help you…
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5 Keys to Developing Young Leaders in Your Church
It seems like everywhere you turn lately some national church leader is writing about the bleak future of the US Church due to younger generations leaving. Well, recently I spent some time at a place that made me really hopeful about the future of the church in America. This past weekend I had the opportunity…
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The 2 Most Important Ingredients of a Winning Team
You’ve probably heard this popular African Proverb before: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The reason this statement has become so popular and “gone global,” is that it resonates with us at a core level. We inherently know that it’s true; not just from a…