Tag: pastor

  • 5 Questions Stuck Churches Commonly Ask

    5 Questions Stuck Churches Commonly Ask

    You’ve probably heard me say before that “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…

  • 7 Core Issues that your Church Needs to Address in 2016

    7 Core Issues that your Church Needs to Address in 2016

    Recently I had the opportunity to facilitate a round table discussion for Executive Pastors of large churches. Nearly 20 large churches were represented in the discussion. We began by working through an exercise to identify the greatest pressure points that the group was experiencing at their churches and then we used those key items as…

  • 10 Articles that will Help your Church Develop Young Leaders

    10 Articles that will Help your Church Develop Young Leaders

    It seems like everywhere you turn lately some national church leader is writing about the bleak future of the US Church due to younger generations leaving. While churches across America are struggling with attracting, keeping, and developing the next generation of leaders it doesn’t have to be that way. Over the years I’ve written quite…

  • A Large Multisite Church in Phoenix is Hiring Worship Leaders/Pastors!

    A Large Multisite Church in Phoenix is Hiring Worship Leaders/Pastors!

    I’m pleased to announce a new Staff Search. Sun Valley Community Church, the church I have the honor of serving at, is beginning a national search for two new full-time Worship Leaders/Pastors. Sun Valley began as a church plant in 1990 in Chandler, Arizona. Over the years Sun Valley has grown into a large mult-site…

  • Top 10 Posts from 2015

    Top 10 Posts from 2015

    Thank you for making this past year a great year here at Helping Churches Make Vision Real! I recently finished counting down my Top 10 most popular blog posts from 2015 and if you missed any of them, here they are all in one nice tidy little place for you! Happy reading! And I hope…