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I quaked. Whenever I neared her classroom, fear and trepidation besieged me. My reaction was autonomic, full of emotions I could not control. Whenever she called on another student, I breathed a deep sigh of relief. For the moment, hallelujah, I was not the one who was put on the hot seat. Have you ever [...]

I’ve noticed an interesting trend in church planting recently. An increasing number of sending organizations are offering coaching as part of their planter support package.  I’m seeing this across a wide variety of denominations—from Anglican to Vineyard. And why not?  For significantly less than the cost of health insurance, you can see a 30% to [...]

Adapted from “How To Multiply Your Church” While the Western church is growing richer it is gradually edging itself to the margins of society. We’ve shown little numerical growth in two decades—furthermore our society seems more polarized than ever, mostly over issues pertaining to morality. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the [...]

Church planting and ministry in general is so demanding that at times you feel like you’re barely able to keep up. Between preparing messages, responding to electronic communications of various kinds, attending meetings, and trying to spend a little time with your family it can all seem out of control. So given that reality let [...]

In the movie Moneyball, Brad Pitt plays the part of the Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane.  While most of the baseball old timers and scouts had a set of stats they used to look for young prospects, Billy Beane understood that the only stat that mattered was runs scored.  Through statistical analysis he changed [...]

I’ve coached people—including church planters—for pretty much forever now. When all is said and done, here’s what needs to happen in each coaching session: prepare, engage, and act.  This cycle is what makes coaching effective. It’s what gets things done:  preparing for the session in advance, interacting during the session, then determining next steps at [...]

Our churches are great at counting butts! We love to see the graph rise and attendance going up. There’s nothing wrong with counting attendance (Or Butts in the seats), however, we need to make sure we count the other butts that really matter too. Those that represent real life change and Kingdom movement and growth. [...]