Carey’s Thoughts & Current Events
What Church Leaders Are (Really) Thinking in 2020
As much as you wish things were getting easier in church leadership, they don’t appear to be heading in that direction. If anything, things are more complicated than they were a month ago. And infinitely more complicated than they were a year ago. My guess is you’ve had a thousand different thoughts rush through your…
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5 Transformative Questions To Ask Before You ReOpen Your Church (Or After You’ve Done It)
If you’re feeling like the decisions you’re facing as a pastor today are complicated, you’re right. There are so many complex, confusing and uncertain factors that factor into re-opening churches in America and around the world that it’s not an exaggeration to say you’re facing the most difficult decision-making moment in your life-time. Although pastors…
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The Idiot’s Guide to ReOpening Your Church
As you know by now, re-opening your church building is a far more complex task than closing your building ever was. The question is, how do you do it well? When emotions, adrenaline and fatigue run high (and they’re all running high right now), it’s a perfect set up for decisions you may one day…
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The Original 2020 is History. 7 NEW Disruptive Church Trends Every Church Leader Should Watch
So, in light of everything that’s changed and been disrupted so far in 2020, what future church trends should you be watching as a leader? I usually do a church trends post every January, but with the almost surreal events of 2020 unfolding as they have, it’s time to rethink what’s ahead again. Hence, a…
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