Tag: pastor
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Top Posts of 2018 #3 “18 Churchy Things the Class of 2018 Won’t Get”
This post was done by a friend of mine over at the Unstuck Group. It’s hilarious…and a little sad at the same time. Around this time of year, the mainstream media and Internet meme-machines like to remind us how old we are by telling us all of the things this year’s high school graduates won’t…
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Top Posts of 2018 #4 “5 Reasons Churches Don’t Grow”
It still holds true that 80% of churches in America are plateaued or declining. It doesn’t have to be that way! I wrote this back in August and it quickly shot up to one of the top posts of the year. It’s impossible for your church to grow and everything stay the same. I know it would…
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Top Posts of 2018 #5 “4 Indicators your Church is Moving in the Wrong Direction”
The “why” behind church growth and decline are always topics that generate a lot of interest here and this year was no different. This post was the 5th most popular post of the year! You may have heard me tell the story of a church that started years ago in the Phoenix east valley. This…
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Top Posts of 2018 #10 “How the Lead Pastor and Executive Pastor Roles Work Together”
For the next couple of days I’m going to be counting down the top 10 posts from 2017 here on Helping Churches Make Vision Real. These are the posts that generated the most traffic, comments, and were the most shared on social media. The most popular topics this year had to do with emotionally intelligent…
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5 Mistakes Experienced Church Leaders Make
Experienced Church Leaders don’t mean to do it. Being complacent. Making mistakes. It “just happens” we tell ourselves. But does it have to happen? Not really. After spending more than 22 years in full-time ministry this “experienced” Church Leader has committed every mistake on the list. We can chalk it up to complacency, over confidence,…