by Travis Stephens | Feb 24, 2022 | Church Health, Small Church / Rural Church
The friendships within your church are incredibly important. They in large part keep people connected to the church. The better connected people are, the more often they show up, the more likely they serve, the more likely they give, and the more likely they’ll invite...
by Charles Ridley | Jan 27, 2022 | Church Leadership, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
What is the relationship between making disciples and carpentry? To those who are unfamiliar with the Gospels, there is no apparent relationship. To those who are familiar, the obvious answer is that Jesus was both a disciple maker and carpenter. Exactly what he built...
by Dave Workman | Dec 24, 2021 | Church Leadership
Sometime back I got an email from a church describing their discipleship pathway. They were particularly focused on “skeptics”. The way they described their generalized mission was leading people from skeptic to seeker to saved to servant. I like that continuum. I...
by Jeff Hoglen | Nov 1, 2021 | Church Health, Church Planting, Featured, Uncategorized
There is a lot to consider when it comes to bi-vocational ministry. It would behoove us to count the cost before venturing out. If you are called to plant a church, God will open up doors and pave the way. The question really is: are you willing to take a pragmatic...
by Dave Workman | Jul 28, 2021 | Church Health, Church Leadership, Coaching
In my years of coaching pastors, I’ve found that the conversation will inevitably drift into one of three tracks that will determine what the person being coached really wants. Even when you begin a session with, “What would you like to leave with as a result of our...