Category: Leadership
Five Ways to Fight Discouragement When You Want to Quit
By Dustin Neeley: There is a reason why you hear pastors say that want to resign every Monday morning – because it is often true. In some ways, this is even more true for church planters. In addition to the inherent stresses and struggles of ministry, most planters also carry the additional burdens […]
Multisite Churches Are Training the Next Generation of Pastors
by Dave Travis: Pastoral training models are constantly evolving. In our continuing series (link to the previous here, here, and here) of nuggets discovered in our soon-to-be released report from Leadership Network/Portable Church Industries, we found that multisite congregations are 2.5 times more likely to have trained either a new campus […]
Fall in, Maggot!
by Peyton Jones: Everybody who’s good at something has a coach. Tiger Woods, Tito Ortiz, Michael Hyatt, even rock stars like Bono, Lenny Kravitz, and others have voice coaches. So what does this have to do with church planting??Everything. You might as well ask what a soldier would do in boot […]
Make Time for What Matters Most—Following Jesus
by Craig Etheredge: I saw an illustration that has stayed with me for years now because it showed so well our limitations of time. A woman took a large glass jar with various sizes of rocks, pebbles, and sand. She put all the rocks into the jar. As she struggled to […]
Episode 232: Planting with a Multigenerational Approach
by NewChurches.com: How do you encourage age diversity in your new campus? In Episode 232 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Ed discuss the need for multiple generations in a church body, and how to encourage that as you plant a new campus or church. Here’s Tim with today’s question: […]
How to Attract and Keep Amazing Volunteers You Can’t Afford to Pay
by Carey Nieuwhof: You’ve probably fallen into the trap of thinking that the only way you can attract and keep great people is to pay them. It’s a natural way to think when you’re in leadership. First of all, that’s not true. And second, if you lead a church, there’s no […]
9 Fresh Approaches to Innovation That Can Change Everything
by Carey Nieuwhof: So you think of yourself as an innovative leader. You just wish your church or the organization you’re a part of valued innovation more. How do you change the innovation game where you work? I was recently at a two-day event in Silicon Valley that featured speakers […]
7 Principles to Lead as Jesus Led
By Ed Stetzer: Jesus did not come to be your leadership guru. He came to die on the cross, for your sin, and in your place. Yet, he did lead. And we can learn from how he led. If we look closely, we see that his leadership was wrapped in […]
Reflections on Sutherland Springs
by New Life Christian Church: It is unfortunate that mass shootings have become more common than any of us could ever have imagined. It has a lot of us questioning and wondering many things, including Stan Rodda. Stan is the Campus Pastor at our Linton Hall Campus. He has a wonderful reflection […]
New Release – Together: A Guide for Couples Doing Ministry Together
by Greg Ligon: Being a couple in ministry is a daunting and difficult task. Many couples find that ministry is all-encompassing, time with your spouse is hard to prioritize, the pressure is overwhelming and balance seems impossible. It’s a unique calling with unique challenges and often comes with less-than-adequate preparation, […]