Category: Staffing
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Top Posts of 2015 #1: “How Many People should your Church have on Staff?”
I’ve been counting down the top 10 posts from 2015 this past week and you made this the most popular post here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real in 2015! Before you buy into the idea that you need another staff person at your church, think again. That just may be the worst decision 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…
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3 Reasons it’s Good for Church Staff Members to Leave their Church
Through coaching and consulting relationships I’ve had the privilege to work with a lot of Church Staff out there in church-world. One of the more common questions I’m asked by Church Staff Members is, “How do I know when it’s time to leave my church?” It’s not always a simple straightforward conversation, it’s complicated and…
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Why Secret Sauce is Better than any X-Factor at your Church
When a church begins to grow people usually start to wonder and ask, “What’s the Secret Sauce?” or “What’s the X-Factor?” Why is this church growing? Now let me preface this article and say we know that God is the one who draws people to Himself and grows His Church. Yet, it would be disingenuous…