Every week, you host services at your church hoping to reach more people, which is admirable and appropriate. The problem is that the culture is changing, and never bothered to ask your permission. In many ways, preachers are using a…
It’s easy to believe that there will come a day when your church or organization will never struggle and you’ll never struggle as a leader. As tempting as that is to believe, it’s just not true. Every church struggles. And every leader…
Les McKeown, serial entrepreneur and author of The Synergist and Predictable Success, is back after his first episode became one of the most downloaded ever on this podcast. This time, Les talks about how three distinctive styles of leadership—visionary, operator…
Everyone knows that Lone Ranger leaders rarely take their organization as far as leaders who can build a team. But here’s the question no one really wants to ask—Am I a Lone Ranger leader? Cue the awkward tension. If you’re even asking…
In 2010, 24-year-old Eliot Crowther was in an almost dead end job as a door to door salesperson. Then he had an idea. Within months he and Chris Heaslip founded Pushpay. The fledgling company almost failed more than once, but…
Sometimes, it’s the simple little things that get you further ahead in leadership than you imagine. Simple things that, honestly, most of us forget because we’re too busy. In the everyday hustle of answering 100 emails, jumping from meeting to…
One of the problems many churches face these days is that they’re neither great at things or terrible at things. They’re honestly just…mediocre. Streaming has made watching other churches’ services easier than ever, and as I’ve scrolled through my Sunday…
Jon Tyson went to New York City to plant a church and has had success in reaching thousands of New Yorkers. He talks about how the New York mindset is impacting young adults across America, what is effective in reaching…
Sam Collier is a speaker and host at North Point Ministries and the Director of City Strategy for The reThink Group. Recorded live from the Orange Conference, Sam talks about growing up without privilege, dealing with difficult people, the struggles…
Your questions are the best questions. So, we’re back with another special episode of #AskCarey to help you lead like never before as we celebrate reaching over 200 episodes for the podcast. Welcome to Episode 202. Listen and access the show notes…
There’s a conversation going on in your head almost all the time as a leader. Let me guess. Most of the time it’s not pretty. You rarely say these things out loud, because if you did, well first, it would…
Today’s post is written by Tony Morgan, Founder of The UnStuck Group. What is the first-time guest experience really like at your church? When my team at The Unstuck Group helps a church assess ministry health, one key step we take…