I was listening to a podcast recently that confirmed what many of us have intuitively known for a long time. People are having spiritual conversations every day…they just never think of turning to a preacher or the church for answers. I’m…
What makes for a great relationship between a leader and their assistant? Why do so many leaders have affairs with their assistants? What are some best practices every leader and their assistant can adopt that will move your vision forward?…
The life of a church planter has so many ups and downs. Jeanne Stevens and her husband Jarrett learned that the hard way, when after over a decade on the staff of some well known mega-churches, they found the courage…
Should your growing church go multisite? Should your declining church consider merger? Leading multisite expert Jim Tomberlin talks about how the multisite movement is changing and how more and more churches are pursuing mergers and acquisitions. Welcome to Episode 43…
If you’re breathing, you know our culture is changing and that the church is undergoing a massive transition. The question is, what do you do about that? How do you lead in the midst of it? And if you’re leading a church,…
Church media is changing, and 24 year old Brady Shearer saw an opportunity to help. Brady explains how his passion for church media and announcements led him to start a side business, Pro Church Tools, that has grown quickly and…
In June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states, setting off a flurry of reaction by Christians and virtually everyone else on social media and beyond. Ed Stetzer wrote a helpful background post to the…
Twice this week so far, I’ve heard of church leaders who are moving out of leadership because they had affairs. Last weekend, another well known pastor had to step down after admitting to having had an affair. Yesterday I got a…
So you or your church wants to establish a bigger platform to increase your audience or reach. But how do you do it effectively without coming across as…selfish? Daniel Decker has helped authors reach the New York Times best seller…
If there’s one characteristic I see in successful leaders, it’s passion. The more church leaders I connect with, the more I see this trend: leaders of growing churches (and growing organizations) have a white hot passion for their mission. You…
Of all the questions facing the church, how to reach Millennials is one of the most pressing. Author and church planting expert Geoff Surratt, shares how some churches are becoming effective at reaching millennials using widely different methods. Welcome to Episode…
You hear it all the time. I completely understand why a growing number of people are bailing on church. Even people who used to lead in the church often stop attending (here are 9 reasons why church leaders do that).…