Category: Blog
Newsletter — February 2018
Our Heroes PlanterPlan 2.0 Most church planters are great seeing things other people can’t. They are dreamers, but can struggle turning those dreams into reality. They are great with vision, but sometimes lack implementation details. That’s why we created PlanterPlan, a software tool, designed with roughly 400 tasks to help church […]
Planning to reach your community? Here’s how to plan:
by Peyton Jones: This week Pete Mitchell and I discuss the importance of forward planning when you’re trying to reach a community. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. If you do not plan then you are planning to fail. Looking ahead and developing an actionable plan for […]
7 Ways to Build Teams of Great Leaders (When You Feel Like Your Team Is Lacking)
by Carey Nieuwhof: Ever done this: looked at other churches and organizations and thought to yourself “I wish I had their leaders?” And then you look around your church and think…”But I don’t have leaders like that. And I have no idea how to get a great team to take us […]
5 Trends in Cities and Urban Ministry
By Daniel Im: Timothy Keller is the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan and Chairman of Redeemer City to City. He is a New York Times bestselling author and has sold over 1 million copies of The Reason for God and The Prodigal God. Tim Keller spoke about the […]
3 Quick Ways To See How Effective Your Leadership Really Is
by Carey Nieuwhof: One of the most difficult aspects of leadership is to know how you’re doing as a leader. Add a little insecurity into the mix, and it makes things even more complex. Naturally, you’ll get feedback from your peers and probably get an occasional 360 review (both great practices). […]
5 Things Leaders Need to Give Up
By Ed Stetzer: There’s a great saying that good leaders don’t see people as impediments—they seek to make people partners. But to implement this approach to leadership in daily life, we need to realize that partnering with people means sacrificing for them. Drawing from Brad Waggoner, author and executive vice president […]
How to Know if Your Church Is Financially Healthy?
by Warren Bird: When church leaders ask questions like this… How much should we keep in cash reserves? How much debt is safe? What financial measures should our church’s leadership monitor each month? … They’re ultimately asking what makes a financially healthy church? I found clear, compelling answers from Michael […]
How to Celebrate Temporary Launch Team Members
by Patrick Bradley: Have a specific plan to celebrate temporary launch team members as you send them back to your supporting church. There’s a lot that is riding on it. If you’re recruiting temporary launch team members from a supporting church, start with the end in mind. And that end […]
Handling sexual abuse claims with church leadership. #METOO
by Peyton Jones: This week Pete Mitchell and I discuss how to handle sexual abuse claims with church leadership. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here.This is a topic that has become more relevant in the past few months, being driven mainly from the entertainment and political industries, […]
Why Most Churches That Start Small…Stay Small
by Carey Nieuwhof: So…you want your church to grow, right? When I ask ministry leaders whether they want to see growth, almost every leader I’ve ever talked to says yes. Sure…there are some house church movements that want to stay small. And some long time or xenophobic churches have lost their appetite […]