Tag: church
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Top Posts of 2019 #5 “3 Big Reasons Why People are Leaving your Church”
Half way through our countdown and we hit a topic that has been consistently popular in recent years…church growth and decline. Do you know why people are leaving your church? Every church in America is going to experience people leave this year. You guys are smart, you and your leadership team could probably brain storm…
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Top Posts of 2019 #6 “2 Fatal Church Leadership Mistakes”
In “churchworld” there is a lot of mimicking that goes on. So instead of throwing out another “success story” for people to chase I’m learning that often stopping to diagnose and share mistakes can be much more powerful…and helpful. This post came in at number 6 this year…and yes I’ve learned these lessons the hard…
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Top Posts of 2019 #7: “How to Build a Problem Solving Culture at your Church”
I mentioned when I began this countdown that team culture came up. I’ve fielded a lot of questions from church leaders on this topic and this post resonated with those conversations. The best ideas don’t always come from where you think they come from. In the Church we tend to hire professional pastors who are…
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Top Posts of 2019 #8: “5 Characteristics of Churches that Change”
So this post about how to lead through change (code for how to help a declining church start growing again) comes in at number 8 this year. Over the past 7 years working with the Unstuck Group I’ve consulted with all kinds of churches. Small churches, large churches, single site churches and multisite churches, churches that are…
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Top Posts of 2019 #10: “Avoiding My Multisite Mistakes”
As we close out 2019 I’m counting down the top 10 posts from this year. These are the posts that were clicked the most, commented on the most and shared the most. The “winning themes” this year tackled church growth, multisite, team culture and of course church leadership. Thank you for engaging with me through…