Tag: model

  • Campus Constants for Multisite Churches

    Campus Constants for Multisite Churches

    Last week the Unstuck Group hosted a successful webinar, “Making Multisite Work” with Tony Morgan, Warren Bird and members of the Unstuck Group. During that webinar I mentioned a “Campus Constant” document that we use at Sun Valley, a large multisite church in the Phoenix Metro area that I have the privilege of serving at, that…

  • 4 Steps to Building an Intentional Culture in your Church in 2016

    4 Steps to Building an Intentional Culture in your Church in 2016

    Building an intentional “culture” at your church is something a lot of people are talking these days but few people are actually doing. Truth is every church already has a culture, but most of them are built on accident. Culture is that squishy stuff in an organization that’s hard to get your hands around and…

  • Top Posts of 2013 #10: “Church Boards Gone Wild”

    Top Posts of 2013 #10: “Church Boards Gone Wild”

    For the next couple of days I’m going to be counting down the top 10 posts from 2013 here on Helping Churches Make Vision Real. These are the posts that generated the most traffic, comments, tweets, and Facebook posts. The most popular topics this year had to do with volunteers, giving, leadership, and managing the…

  • 4 Ways Leaders Build Culture

    4 Ways Leaders Build Culture

    Culture is the squishy stuff in an organization that leaders talk about but usually have a hard time articulating. Even more difficult is identifying clear actionable steps to build and reinforce a desired culture. Here are four steps you can begin to implement this week to start building the desired culture in your church or…

  • Stop Paying People to Do Ministry

    As they grow, many churches eagerly anticipate the moment when they’re finally big enough that they can afford to hire more staff and offer more ministry options for people. For example I’ve heard churches say they can’t wait to hire a Men’s Ministry Pastor. Nothing against Men’s Ministry per se, but that’s an expensive model.…