8 Leadership Sins To Avoid… And How To Find Your Way...
All leaders go through mental and emotional gyrations that can cause mental messiness. Some of these sins are greater than others. Some are easier...
How Many Churches Did the Apostle Paul Start?
Some have said that Paul only started 14 churches in his lifetime. If so that is a remarkable thing, but I tend to think...
Revisiting “The Welcome”
We are in the midst of replanting our local church. After 10 years of being lone rangers, we have connected with a church with...
Recommended Conferences For Church Planters & Pastors
C3 Conference
The C3 Conference is a two-day event for church leaders and is hosted by Fellowship Church. Their senior pastor is Ed Young, founder...
The Top Three Lessons
Learning from history doesn’t cost much. And it’s worth whatever we have to pay for it.
No matter where you are located, there is something...
The Three Second Rule
It happened again. Great worship was happening and then … nothing.
Silence
Dead air time
Squirrel!!!
Let’s be honest here … if the radio (or your favorite online...
War Ship Small Groups
I recently had a student who designed a new small group system for her church and called them War Ship Small Groups
And she was...
7 Helpful Skills for Pastors Who Want to Grow Churches
I came close to titling these “essential” skills, but I knew that was unfair. God grows churches and He works through all different types...
How to Hand Off Ministry
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that...
How many people do you need to launch a Sunday Service?
How many people do you need to launch a Sunday morning service? Steve Sjogren shares his thoughts on this topic in this quick video!
Steve...
3 Questions to Ask When Planning a Sermon Series
One of the best changes my church ever made was going from preaching stand-alone sermons every Sunday to preaching through sermon series. Sermon series...
Get Visitors Back
We get asked about how to turn visitors into returning guests pretty regularly. Over the years, we’ve been gathering some of the best ideas...
5 Churches That Shouldn’t Reproduce
There is a legitimate reason to caution against a universal plea toward blind reproduction.
There is a growing awakening to the need of a multiplying...
Are You Making The Most Of First Impressions?
First impressions are so important. Sometimes they’re so strong that they can’t be erased from the mind. Years ago Head and Shoulders shampoo advertised with the phrase “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” It’s so true.
In It to Win It – Be A Conquering Church
Is your church in it to win it?
Every Church needs to be in their city to WIN their city. That has to be the...
A Leadership Experiment – The Little Things Matter
In making the first impression, the little things matter.
When a visitor shows up on one of our church campuses for the first time, the...
How to make a difference in your city
Did you know Jesus has a plan for you in the city He has sent you to? In Luke 8:26-38, a once demon-possessed man is...
Replanting…
Dictionary.com defines replanting: “To plant (something) again or in a new place…”
With regards to a church replant, a church avoids permanent death by recognizing...
Church Planting… or Church Connoisseur-ism
I made a decision a long time ago that I never want to be thought of as a negative person, but some things are...
