by Jeff Hoglen | Mar 24, 2023 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Leadership, Church Planting, Discipleship
Volunteers are the backbone of any local church and are vital to the ministry’s success. Therefore, training and equipping volunteers is essential to ensure they have the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to serve effectively. The following are some...
by Hugh Halter | Jun 13, 2022 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Outreach and Evangelism
A consistent question I often get is related to whether or not Christians should be liked by the culture. My simple answer has been that Jesus was liked by the commoner, the peasants, and sinners. Thus if we follow Christ, Christians should also be, for sure...
by Ron Edmondson | Feb 2, 2021 | Church Leadership, Church Revitalization
Many times a leader can be clueless about the real health of the organization they lead. The best leaders avoid what I call the leadership vacuum. I once watched as a church crumbled apart while the pastor thought everything was wonderful. He always had an excuse for...
by Bill Tenny-Brittian | Jul 6, 2020 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Discipleship
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 to publicly question police tactics, to be actively involved in legislating change, and to rally in protest. And then he posed...
by Ron Edmondson | Apr 8, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
I was once asked to help a church process how to get younger people to attend. After we discussed some change recommendations a man pulled me aside and said, “Son, we don’t need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church.” I soon learned he represented...
