Growing Churches
Why Are Your Online Attendance Numbers Suddenly Dropping? 5 Reasons
You’re already seeing the trend: After an initial surge in online viewing numbers when the Coronavirus shut down church buildings, online viewing numbers are dropping. The spike was significant. Heading into Easter 2020, half of all churches reported online attendance that was greater than their in normal attendance would be. Now, that’s no longer the…
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CNLP 341: Joel Manby with Crisis Lessons from Amazon, Saab, SeaWorld and The Great Recession
Former SeaWorld CEO, Joel Manby, returns to the podcast and opens his notebook and heart on leading from the C-Suite through numerous crises: Including his partnership with Amazon during the dot com crash of 2000, leading through The Great Recession, and leading through the Black Fish documentary crisis as CEO of SeaWorld. Joel also talks…
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5 Big Attitude Differences That Separate Growing Churches From Declining Churches
So what’s the difference between churches that grow and churches that decline? Well, there are many, but—crisis or no crisis—one of the biggest differences I see is in the attitude of the leaders. The leaders of growing churches almost always share a common attitude. So do the leaders of declining churches. And the attitude has a huge…
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CNLP 339: Tim Keller on How to Bring the Gospel to Post-Christian America, How He’d Preach Today if He was Starting Over Again, Why Founders Get Addicted to Their Churches and Why He Left Redeemer
Tim Keller is one of America’s most renowned preachers, authors and thought leaders. Tim talks about what NYC was like when he planted Redeemer Church in 1989, how the city’s changed, how the culture has changed and how his preaching has evolved. He shares the approach he would take if he was preaching regularly today,…
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Are Churches Behaving Like Malls In the Age of Amazon, Just Hoping For People To Shop Again?
As the world slowly re-opens on the other side of COVID, a question for you today. Are churches behaving like malls in the age of Amazon, just hoping for people to shop again? The mall and retail industry, which, pre-COVID, already had its share of challenges and decline, is not in denial that whatever normal…
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5 Strange Insights Into Church Growth You May Have Never Heard Before
Leadership is a little like life. There’s a picture in your head of how things will go, and then there’s how they actually go. The same is true when it comes to church growth. As we’ve shared on my new Church Pulse Weekly podcast with Barna President David Kinnaman, about half of all churches are…
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CNLP Bonus 22: Mike Todd Returns to Explain His Model for Online Church, Why Their Church Has Grown 10x During COVID, and How to Turn Viewers Into Engagers, Contributors, Disciples and Donors
Mike Todd is back for a second episode in a row with an update on what’s happened at Transformation Church during the global crisis. While they were already an online church before, online attendance has exploded to 10x what it was before COVID, and giving has soared. Mike takes you backstage to explain their online…
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CNLP 336: Mike Todd on the Meteoric Rise of Transformation Church, Blowing Up on Social Media, and the Power of 51% Certainty in Decision Making
In 2015, Mike Todd took over as a 20-something pastor of a church of 350. Five years later, he has a million followers on Instagram, his sermons are watched a quarter million times a week and Transformation Church just moved into a 4,500 seat arena at its new building, and is debt free after 7…
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Avoid This Big Mistake: Stepping Back Into the Past When You Step Back Into Your Building
So you might already be thinking about what life and ministry will be like when you step back into your building. A few of you might be heading back into your facility this weekend. As America and other parts of the world begin to open again (faster than many expected), there’s more at stake than…
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We’re All Start-ups Now (Whether We Like It Or Not…)
This is a post by Jeff Henderson. Jeff is a leading voice on how to create and grow momentum for organizations and leaders and is a member of my Speaking Team. Jeff is the founder of The For Company and author of the book, Know What You’re For. By Jeff Henderson We’re all start-ups now. Talk…
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