How Your Building Is Killing Your Growth (and what to do about it)
Senior Pastors typically underestimate the impact their building has on their church’s future growth.
Building Too Late
Church planters believe the lie that they don’t need...
When Protesting Doesn’t Work
The other day I received a note about the church’s response to the current injustices. The writer shared how he was organizing his church...
Church Planting & Differentiation
Every new business needs to differentiate itself from all others. Else, why the need for a new business? Church planting necessitates differentiation.
These days, being...
A Key Question Leaders Need To Ask
One of the biggest questions you as a leader need to ask:
“Are those who report to me headed in the same direction as me?”...
Seek the Welfare of Your Community
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in...
Twenty Questions for Potential Church Planters
Every person that considers church planting asks the question, Am I a Church Planter? It is the question I asked myself before planting a church. It...
Leadership & the Will of God
As spiritual leaders, all of us want to have a sense that we’re operating in the will of God. Certainly, we don’t want to...
Unliked Likes: Cancelling Pastor Chris Hodges and Church of the Highlands
Sometimes I feel like I am waking up in the scene from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where everyone grabs pitchforks and torches and goes after...
Jeff and I are big fans of quotes. For communicators, a powerful quote that’s well placed will stir your listeners and/or readers. The following are some of our favorites — in fact this is a just a small part of several thousand on hand. Perhaps more quote books will follow… — God’s best to you and your communication gifts — may these be powerful tools in your hands! – Steve Sjogren
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Seek the Welfare of Your Community
But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in...
