Tag: leadership

  • Structure is Not the Goal

    Structure is Not the Goal

    In growing churches things can often feel chaotic. More and more people are showing up every week which means space can become an issue…quick. You’ve got to figure out where to put all those new 2-year-olds, parking can be limited, new staff members are added, volunteers seem to be in short supply, and you may…

  • Why Churches Don’t Grow: #5 A Leadership Void

    Why Churches Don’t Grow: #5 A Leadership Void

    This is the final post in a series of blog posts that I’ve been sharing about the 5 key contributors that lead to 80% of churches in America being stuck or in decline. These key contributors have been observed repeatedly in our work with churches at the Unstuck Group. While churches get stuck and decline…

  • Why Churches Don’t Grow: #2 The Inward Focused Church

    Why Churches Don’t Grow: #2 The Inward Focused Church

    Last week I started a series of blog posts about the 5 key contributors that lead to 80% of churches in America being stuck or in decline. These key contributors have been observed repeatedly in our work with churches at the Unstuck Group. While churches get stuck and decline for all kinds of reasons, these…

  • Why Churches don’t Grow: #1 Lack of Vision

    Why Churches don’t Grow: #1 Lack of Vision

    Stuckness is no respecter of the “brand” or “flavor” of a church. All kinds of churches across America are stuck. Large churches, small churches, old churches, new churches, Baptist churches, Methodist churches, Nazarene churches, Presbyterian church and even non-denominational churches are stuck. In fact Thom Rainer, President and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources has stated…

  • 5 Articles that will Help Your Church Make Vision Real

    5 Articles that will Help Your Church Make Vision Real

    Thank you for making March an incredible month here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real! It’s great staying connected with you through social media and hearing that these articles have been helpful. So, thank you for connecting with me through the content on this blog! You made these the top 5 Posts from this last…