This is a guest blog post by Dillon Smith. Dillon is my content manager and has been on my team for 3 years now. It’s true, when I started this job, I hated conflict. Maybe you do too. Your heart…
This is a guest blog post written by Rich Birch, Found of Unseminary. What is the biggest difference between churches that are growing and those that aren’t? Growing churches are full of people who invite their friends. What separates churches…
When you think of large churches and megachurches, what comes to mind? Do you have a problem with megachurches? If there’s one thing I learned from writing about the church, it’s that some people hate them. With a passion. I try…
Chances are you didn’t get into leadership to see your church stop accomplishing its mission. One of the primary missions of the local church is to reach new people with Christ’s love, which, naturally, implies growth. But almost every church…
In an era in which everything is changing so fast, it can be really difficult to discern what’s next. That’s doubly true in church world. While the mission stays the same, the expression or model keeps changing. The dominant model…
It’s so hard not to do it. I’ve done it. Maybe you’ve also done it as a church leader. The problem? Thinking that the goal of your church is to reach everyone. It sounds appropriate. I get that. I mean…
It’s never been easier to avoid church, skip church, or exit church than it is today. And it has a lot of church leaders and Christians scrambling to figure out what’s happening, why church attendance is declining and what it…
So, are you really reaching unchurched people in your community? How would you know…for real? Just because a church is growing doesn’t mean it’s filling up with unchurched people. Hoping to reach unchurched people is one thing. Reaching the unchurched…
No matter how long you’ve been in leadership, it still hurts when people leave your church. It’s somewhat easy to understand people leaving when things are going poorly— when there’s conflict, division, or dysfunction. But what most leaders aren’t prepared…
No secret—church attendance has fallen on hard times in the last several decades. Churches are closing, and even growing churches see people attending less often. How do you know how to lead when everything seems to be shifting all at…