Tag: strategy
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 […]
Connecting New People Who Come to Your Church
by Carey Nieuwhof: Christine Birch has been part of three large churches in both Canada and the US. How do you connect people in a large church and how do you connect them at your church? Christine shares her experiences on both sides of the border as they apply to […]
11 Ways To Make Christmas Your Best Outreach of the Year
by Carey Nieuwhof: Any idea what the best outreach opportunity of the year at your church might be? You might think it’s an event you do, or perhaps it’s Easter. But whether Christmas has historically been your best opportunity to reach unchurched people or not, I believe it could be. You […]
5 Quick and Surprising Leadership Lessons From Silicon Valley
by Carey Nieuwhof: Ever wonder why some leaders hit home runs—or even change the world—and why others don’t? I wonder about that all the time. Recently I spent a few days in Silicon Valley, the tech and startup capital of the world—a strip of cities that run between San Francisco […]
Do These 5 Things Now to Give Your Christmas Services More Impact
by Rich Birch: Christmas is a really big deal at your church. It’s the time when we celebrate the birth of Jesus and it also represents some of the largest services you may host all the year long. From this vantage point, all these weeks away from the crunch time, […]
How To Respond to Critics Like an Emotionally Intelligent Leader Would
by Carey Nieuwhof: So you signed up for leadership, but you didn’t really sign up for all the criticism that came with it, did you? And yet here you are. Criticism is an almost daily staple for most leaders. You get everything from side comments, to direct challenges, to people who […]
5 Simple Changes to Make Your Church More Unchurched Friendly – unSeminary
by Rich Birch: You got into the ministry to reach people with the timeless message of Jesus. At some time in your journey, you’ve probably shed tears over the fact that there are people in your community who don’t follow him. You didn’t get in this to keep the people […]
8 Axioms of Church Staff Hiring
by Rich Birch: One of the facts of leading a growing ministry is that you are going to have to get really good at hiring a great team. In fact, as the church grows, often the core leadership team will spend a large portion of its time in simply acquiring […]
Bruce Ammons on 500% More Second Time Guests Than The Average Church
by Rich Birch: Thanks for joining us for another episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have with us our guest, Bruce Ammons from Sugar Creek Baptist Church. Sugar Creek is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. Serving the greater Houston area, the church is […]
5 Ways Tracking Church Attendance Messes With Your Soul
by Carey Nieuwhof: If you’ve spent more than 10 minutes in church leadership, you’re aware of the tension that tracking church attendance creates inside you and around you. Sure, for starters, the way other leaders talk about numbers is an easy gateway for criticism (He’s totally obsessed with numbers). But […]