Tag: ministry

  • 8 Ministry Staff Recruiting Red Flags

    8 Ministry Staff Recruiting Red Flags

    As staff recruiting in ministry world continues to evolve and become more competitive and sophisticated in recent years, churches and recruiting firms have developed a keen sense of red flags during the recruiting process that relate to whether a candidate is a good fit for your church or not. Those red flags may be a…

  • 9 Reasons I’m Still Married after 20 Years

    9 Reasons I’m Still Married after 20 Years

    Lisa and I recently celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. And while sitting on a white sand beach under an umbrella overlooking the ocean (don’t hate) we talked about these 9 reasons why we’re still married, and legitimately enjoying our marriage more than ever, after 20 years. We hope there are a few ideas in here…

  • 8 Keys to Defining your Multisite Strategy

    8 Keys to Defining your Multisite Strategy

    Currently there are more than 8,000 churches across America that consider themselves to be multisite churches. These multisite churches vary in denominational affiliation, theological persuasion, size of attendance, physical location and facilities, teaching (video or live), ministries, and style of worship. Churches are proving that there are a lot of ways to do multisite. Many…

  • Vision is a Destination not a Statement

    Vision is a Destination not a Statement

    Vision is a destination, not a statement. Many churches spend an incredible amount of time wordsmithing pithy vision statements instead of providing a clear picture of where they’re going. What a majority of churches view as their vision statement is usually a mission statement. Mission Answers the Question: Why do we exist? This is the…

  • If it’s Not on a Screen it’s Not Multisite

    If it’s Not on a Screen it’s Not Multisite

    Being a part of leading a large multisite church, I’m frequently asked by church leaders about my thoughts on various multisite models and how we do it at the church I’m a part of. In this post I’m going to answer that question (to an extent) for everyone reading this article and here’s a little…