Each month I curate the top 10 most popular blog posts I’ve shared recently. These are the articles that got had the greatest engagement in the past month. They were the most visited, shared, helpful or disagreed with. At any rate, thanks for staying in contact with me through engaging in the content on this site, I hope it’s been helpful to you! In case you missed any of them here they are all in one nice tidy place for you!
10 Insider Focused Ministry Names
I wrote this post 5 years ago. It came out of a conversation that I had with a Leadership Coaching Group I was facilitating for Church Staff and it’s remained a fan favorite.
How Many People should your Church have on Staff?
It’s a big question that most churches are asking. The answer may surprise you.
18 Churchy Things the Class of 2018 Won’t Get
A friend of mine at the Unstuck Group wrote this post, and it’s great! This spring’s high school graduates were born in the year 2000. Here are some churchy things for which they have little to no context for…
What is a Campus Pastor?
A lot of churches are still trying to get their hands around this new role in the modern church. This post will help.
5 Ways Successful Church Leaders Think Differently
Successful church leaders naturally think differently than the majority of church leaders. It’s one of the things that set them apart. The good news is you can learn to think just like them.
20 Helpful Metrics for Measuring Church Health
You can actually measure church health and this report will help you!
The Rules of Innovation
Innovation doesn’t just happen. To much structure will kill it…but surprisingly too much freedom will to! This post will help your church become more innovative.
Why Following Jesus is all Backwards
Following Jesus is weird. It doesn’t make sense. Anyone who tells you different is lying to you or selling something.
The Difference between a Shepherd and a Leader
I love helping churches and leaders get unstuck and make vision real. In fact out of all the stuff I get to do with churches and leaders one of the things I enjoy the most is Leadership Coaching. Recently I had the incredible opportunity to spend a day coaching a group of Pastors and Church Leaders from Australia (unfortunately their cool accent didn’t rub off). One of the topics we spent time digging into was the difference between shepherding and leading in relation to why some churches are stuck while others move forward. Here are couple of thoughts from the conversation.
The Difference between Preparation and Planning
Do great organizations prepare for the future or do they plan for it? The answer is, “yes.” To be clear preparation and planning are not the same thing, and great organizations become great by doing both.
Leave a Reply