Blog Posts
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 […]
Episode 250: Funding Multisite
by NewChurches.com: What does it cost to go multisite? In Episode 250 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, we share an excerpt from our Moving Toward Multisite Course where Geoff Surratt goes through different options for going multisite and helpful considerations in regards to funding. In this episode, you’ll discover: Important questions […]
3 Ways Almost Every Church Gets Stuck
by Carey Nieuwhof: At some point, almost every church gets stuck. If yours isn’t stuck right now, just wait a while. Every church and organization gets stuck at some point. Usually, churches get stuck because what was working stopped working, When that happens, leaders aren’t sure what to do. While figuring that out […]
CHURCH ZERO
by Peyton Jones: When Jesus ascended with His work unfinished, He knew that no one person was going to be able to follow in His wake. The five kitbags each represent a specific skillset necessary for a church leadership team, like a sapper, sniper, commando, Navy SEAL, and heavy weapons […]
Become a Level 5 Disciple Maker
by Bobby Harrington: Discipleship.org and Exponential pulled together top national disciple making leaders to map out 5 levels of disciple making. Our model shows people moving from conversion where a person starts as a spiritual infant (level 1) on up through levels 2 and 3 to reach level 4, a personal disciple […]
Why Your Church Should Send Out Temporary Launch Team Members
by Patrick Bradley: It can be scary for the sending church to send out temporary launch team members to help a church plant. But it can be a blessing to that church, the workers, and to the church plant. The Kingdom Math There are no guarantees in ministry. But I […]