Author: Patrick Bradley
3 Secrets to Crushing Your Goals AND Loving Your Family
by Carey Nieuwhof: Most people think that if you win at work, you need to lose at home. The demands of leadership are so tough that it’s almost impossible to win on both fronts. And—honestly—sometimes we lie to ourselves as leaders. We pretend it’s going great at home when we know […]
What to do when you get harassed by someone in your church
by Peyton Jones: This week Pete Mitchell and I discuss What to do when you get harassed by someone in your church. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. We had a podcast a few weeks ago where we started talking about this topic but this is a […]
Lies Pastors Believe
By Daniel Im: I know it’s hard to believe, but pastors are human too. Like the rest of us, pastors are susceptible to believing lies. Lying is the native language of our heart, which started back in the Garden of Eden. Although pastors constantly teach about truth and love, they also […]
3 Leadership Cop Outs That Sound Spiritual, But Aren’t
by Carey Nieuwhof: I often hear from people who say “We don’t any need more ideas/strategies/conferences/skills…all we need to do is ________,” and then they fill in the blank with something that sounds spiritual. Maybe you have people like that at your church, or someone like that on your team. It’s […]
Episode 257: Financial Support Options for Church Plants
by NewChurches.com: What are the best financial support options for funding a new church plant? In Episode 257 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss various ways to fund new church plants. Here’s Blake with today’s question: What are different financial support options for a brand new church plant? […]
A Discipleship Process to Help You Make Disciples
by Bobby Harrington: Discipleship.org pulled together top national disciple making leaders to map out a common disciple making process for churches and church leaders to use. The model we developed shows people moving from conversion, where a person starts as a spiritual infant, and then on up through becoming a spiritual […]
We Lose Men to Save Men
by Peyton Jones: I have to warn you about this God of ours. I’ll let you in on a little secret about Him. He cares a lot about the people out there. So much so, that he’d sacrifice His own son to reach them…and he’d sacrifice you. Let me say that […]
Why Develop a Disciple Maker Assessment Like This?
Written by Bobby Harrington and Greg Wiens: Disciple makers struggle to find common markers and common vernacular to describe the process of disciple making. This was the goal in developing a commonly available assessment tool focused on disciple making. Our online tool is designed to help Christians develop an objective assessment […]
7 Things That Will Drive Future Church Growth
by Carey Nieuwhof: You got into church leadership because you wanted to introduce people to Jesus. That’s pretty much how all of us begin, isn’t it? And yet every year, it seems to get harder to reach people. It’s not for lack of effort. Most church leaders try hard, pray hard […]
6 Dirty Secrets about Multisite Churches That (Almost) No-one is Talking About
by Rich Birch: Is your church considering going multisite? It would seem like every church leader I talk with is wrestling with this approach on reaching new communities. Studies have shown that basically every growing church is either already multisite or actively looking into it. I’ve been a practitioner of this […]