Tag: mission
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Why a Great Strategy Won’t Grow your Church
If you know anything about me, you know that I’m a strategy guy. It’s how God has wired me up. It’s my best place in the Church. Strategy bridges the gap between where we are and where we’re going. Mission answers the question: “Why do we exist?” Vision answers the question: “Where are we going?”…
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Top Posts of 2018 #2 “5 Core Issues that will Fuel Growth in your Church”
Every church leader I meet with wants to know what they need to do to grow their churches. The majority of these leaders are well intentioned and really have a sincere desire to see people who don’t know Jesus, meet Him. I wrote this particular article at the beginning of 2018 hoping to give church…
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5 Core Issues that will Fuel Growth in your Church in 2018
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. At the Unstuck Group we’ve literally worked with hundreds of churches and one…
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Why Visionaries Paint Pictures not Wordsmith Statements
Right now, there are churches across the country that are working on their “ministry theme” for the new year. They’ve gotten their Senior Leadership Team together to come up with a pithy statement that they can build a sermon series around and many have even built a campaign around this statement to make sure all…
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A Sneaky way to Change the Culture of your Church Staff Team
The church staff at Sun Valley Community Church (the church I have the pleasure of serving at) just did something really unique. It wasn’t complicated or particularly flashy and it didn’t make a big public impact on the church. In fact the church body doesn’t really even know about it. But I believe it will have…