Tweet I was coaching a pastor trying to help a church grow again. The previous pastor left town after a series of bad decisions – some decisions the church is…
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Tweet I was talking with a pastor that I coach recently. He asked me how I handle difficult people in the church. I assured him I didn’t know what he…
Tweet (This is a guest post written by my friend Matt Lombardi. Matt has launched a new company called Shaar that I believe has great potential to help churches and…
Tweet “The secret things belong to the Lord our God…” Deuteronomy 29:29 Make your plans. Work your plans. That’s good leadership. I’m an advocate of strategic leadership. I don’t believe the…
Tweet I have a number of pet peeves in leadership. Leadership is hard. But there are some principles in leadership, which simply need to be adhered to for good leadership….
Tweet I have found that regardless of how motivated I am, if the people around me are unmotivated, we aren’t going to be very successful as a team. This is…
Tweet Here’s a reality I came to a year of so ago. We have placed so much energy investing in the next generation of leaders that we’ve left a ton…
Tweet Some of the most vocal opponents to changes we made in church revitalization were simply rule-followers. That’s huge insight. Don’t miss this. These people liked to know we were…
Tweet One reason we can expect smaller crowds upon church reentry is not the virus. That’s part of it for sure. It makes sense. Especially if you’re high-risk you should…
Tweet I’ve been working in and around church revitalization for close to 20 years. The first church where I served as pastor, after entering vocational ministry, was a small, rural…