How to Manage Your Shrinking Pains
You may have heard churches talk about growing pains. Kind of makes you feel lousy. You may not know what growing pains feel like, but you sure do kno... Read More...
When To Leave Your Church: Seven Things Your Pastor Won’t Tell You
Most pastors want to protect their flock. But for some pastors, this doesn't mean protecting them from outside attack or spiritual harm. It means prot... Read More...
Should You Make Your Church Smaller?
Big churches! Multi-site campuses! Church planting movements! Megachurches! It's all the rage. How often have we stopped to think about the bigger-is-... Read More...
How To Make Tough Decisions
Nearly everyone has faced the agony of an impossible decision. Do you ever wish that there was some kind of automatic decision-making device? Maybe it... Read More...
How to Innovate
Innovation is important, but it's also hard. We live in a time of change. In order to remain effective, strategic, and relevant, we must innovate. So ... Read More...
How Not to Worship Celebrity Rockstar Pastors
I carefully opened the envelope. I could tell by the logo that it was an invitation to a pastors conference that I had attended a couple years ago. I ... Read More...
Seven Ways to Reverse Stagnation and Improve Your Ministry
Do you know what stagnation in the ministry is? It happens when ministry becomes dull, unexciting, routine, and altogether undesirable. This is the ki... Read More...
Chopping Church Services – Seven Reasons Why It’s a Good Idea
Hold on! Did you read that title? Wow! Chopping church services?! Sounds pretty intense. Well, it is. But isn't chopping church services like tossing ... Read More...
8 Reasons to Look Forward to Sunday (and What to Do If You Don’t)
Sunday's coming. Just like it always does. Every seven days. Right after Saturday. Right before Monday. 52 times every year. Sunday. Is Sunday routine... Read More...