Of all the organizations that have been hit hard by the pandemic, the church stands out as being particularly devastated. The longer this goes, though, the more the struggle appears self-inflicted. In the early days of COVID, pastors showed incredibly…
Like most churches and organizations today, you’re online. And you’re hoping your online presence helps you further your mission. Sure, in-person church is here to stay, but in-person church is changing (see below). For most leaders, online church is something…
As you know, it’s an almost universal phenomenon. In-person church attendance for most churches has dropped significantly over the last forty years. The question is, why? The answer has puzzled me for a while now. It got even harder to…
As you know, in the last few years, all the metrics for church growth and health church leaders used to track got blown to bits. And even now that churches are open again, what pastors used to measure just doesn’t…
There’s a tension you’re probably feeling as a church leader when it comes to social media. No matter how many new followers you gain, it feels almost impossible to gain traction in your online church ministry. Which is weird. You’d…
As you know, it’s been a tough time to lead in the church over the last few years. What makes it even harder, though, is if you’re leading with a set of false assumptions about the future. False assumptions are…
This post on churches and texting is written by Laura Pechenik, Demand Generation Marketing Manager at Gloo. As much as email has been a staple of communication for decades, texting is now emerging as one of the best ways for…
This post is written by Mark Clark, author of The Problem of Jesus, founding pastor of Village Church and co-creator of The Art of Reaching course with Carey Nieuwhof. It is no secret that the world has experienced a shift over…
Like many church leaders, you’ve probably been working twice as hard and seeing half the results you’d wanted. That’s a recipe for disappointment, not to mention fatigue. When you’re discouraged as a leader, it can be easy to miss the…
You probably remember the predictions back in the Spring of 2020: As soon as churches reopened for in-person worship service again, people would flood back into church, high-fiving people, and embracing friends they hadn’t seen in weeks or months. Then…
This post on church metrics is written by Jeff Lockyer, the Lead Pastor of Southridge Community Church, a multi-site, missional church in the Niagara Region of Ontario Canada. A former national team long-distance runner, Jeff also chairs the Board of…
This post on community engagement is written by Chris Trethewey, a North Point Strategic Partner and Lead Pastor of TCC, a multisite church impacting communities across Pennsylvania. Chris and his wife, Kim have two daughters and Lola, their golden retriever.…