Tag: church

  • The 4 Phase Planning Process for Church Leaders

    Few churches have a great planning process. Most don’t even have a good planning process, if they have a process at all. I’m not sure why this isn’t a bigger priority. Planning is certainly biblical. I don’t find many pastors who would really take aim at that fact. You’d have to throw out a lot of Proverbs,…

  • Why Good Leaders Shoot Down New Ideas

    Why Good Leaders Shoot Down New Ideas

    Ever had an idea that your boss shot down? Sure you have, I have too. Remember when you were a young leader full of fresh new ideas and you were pretty sure that your idea was the best idea in the room? Remember how frustrated you were with your boss when they shot down that…

  • How to Leave your Church

    How to Leave your Church

    No matter what style or size of church you serve in, no matter what title you have behind your name, there is one thing that every person in ministry has in common. At some point in the near or distant future, you will leave your current ministry position. Unfortunately these leadership transitions often result in…

  • How to get Guests to Come Back to your Church

    How to get Guests to Come Back to your Church

    Quick, name the top 5 churches you know that do a great job with guest services. Not so easy? Now try this, name the top 5 companies or organizations you know that do a great job with guest services. A little easier huh? Why is it that the one organization on the planet that should…

  • 3 Secrets of an Effective Church Staffing Structure

    Let’s be honest: There’s no shortage of resources out there on building church staff teams. Where churches really struggle is putting what they’ve learned into action. Later this month my friend Tony Morgan with the Unstuck Group is partnering up with William Vanderbloemen with Vanderbloemen Search Group to tackle this topic. William and Tony work…