Category: Leadership
3 Shocking Statistics That Show How Quickly, Radically (and Permanently?) Church Is Changing in 2020
By Carey Nieuwhof: When you’re in the middle of a disruption, it’s hard to know exactly what’s changing, let alone how deeply or permanently things are changing. As 2020 soon draws to a close, there are three numbers that, at least for me, show how quickly, radically and perhaps permanently […]
Episode 538: Creating Equippers
By NewChurches.com: In Episode 538 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss why it is important to be an equipper who develops equippers. “My team is full of doers, not equippers. What do I do?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Where to start in shifting from doing to […]
Cast Vision Effectively
Home > Blog > Cast Vision Effectively Cast Vision Effectively By New Churches Team Seeing Clearly The word vision is commonly associated with eyesight. When I think about vision, I picture myself in the eye doctor’s office, covering one eye with a plastic spoon and calling out small lines of […]
The Growing Megachurch Isn’t Your Enemy. This Is.
By Carey Nieuwhof: Who are you really ‘competing’ against in ministry? It’s an interesting question, and you may be tempted to dismiss as either inappropriate or bad theology. Fair enough. Except a lot of leaders are competitive, and if you’ve ever felt yourself secretly resenting anything that seems to be […]
Leadership Development in Your Church
Home > Blog > Leadership Development in Your Church Leadership Development in Your Church By New Churches Team Everyone is doing leadership development in some fashion. We approach development in the way we have been developed. Some people are doing an apprenticeship model. Some are using a classroom model. Whatever […]
Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change?
Home > Blog > Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? Do You Have a Crew to Lead Change? By Todd Adkins In my early days of ministry, you would have found me guilty of viewing the people of our congregation as vessels to be filled instead of torches […]
Write Your Plans with a Dry Erase Marker
By Ken Adams: I am a man who lives by a plan. The truth is, I plan out just about everything. I have an annual life plan. I make a monthly plan, and I try to consistently execute a weekly plan. I know a thing or two about having a […]
From Plateaued for 30 Years to One of the Fastest Growing Churches in the Country with Bob Riedy
By unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Bob Riedy from the Church of the Open Door (COD) in York, Pennsylvania. COD was started in the early 50s after breaking off of a mainline denomination. They experienced rapid growth for about 30 years, but then plateaued […]
Is America Burning Out? (How to Minister to an Exhausted, Cynical Culture)
by Carey Nieuwhof: You know that people burn out. In fact, given the way you feel, you may have asked whether that’s what happening to you. But here’s a deeper question. Can a culture burn out? And if the answer is yes, any chance that’s happening to America in this […]
The Future of Disciple Making: Four Focus Shifts Churches Must Make NOW
By Justin Gravitt: The future is coming. If you look closely toward the horizon you can see a hint of light pushing against the darkness. As the future rises now is the time to seize the day! Though we currently sit in the darkness of the in-between, a new day […]