In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders, I am live blogging portions of today’s Catalyst West Coast on behalf of INJOY Stewardship Solutions. This morning’s final session included an interview with the incomparable Andy Stanley, Senior Pastor of North Point Community Church. Andy is one of the world’s greatest communicators of leadership […]
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5 Branding Secrets From The Fastest Growing Church In America
Jesus Christ does not need a PR firm. He does not need our help. As individuals, we do not need to conform God to an image we are comfortable with. We need to be conformed into His image. However, church leaders need to be very concerned about how their church is perceived by their community. […]
An Open Letter To All Christians Who Say, “I’m Not Being Fed.”
“I’m not being fed.” If you have been in church leadership any length of time you have heard this phrase. The following are just some of the things “I’m not being fed” really means: “I don’t like the preaching.” “I don’t resonate with the pastor’s content.” “I don’t enjoy the pastor’s delivery and/or style.” “I’m […]
7 Effective Ways Pastors And Churches Use Facebook To Grow The Church
Facebook is one of the most useful tools a pastor or church leader can use to connect with people. But you can do so much more than post church announcements. The following are 7 Effective Ways Pastors And Churches Use Facebook To Grow The Church. Before I address Facebook specifically, as a gift to readers of […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of April 6th
“I did my best.” We have all heard the phrase countless times. There are times, however, when we simply have to do better. This is why I love this week’s list of top posts. These posts challenge Christian leaders to get better in terms of church growth, worship, personal relationships, marriage, and mental illness among […]
8 Practices Of People Christian Leaders Want To Work With
I am part of a small community of individuals who has been called to work with pastors and church leaders for a living. This community is made up of bankers, architects, builders, A/V and furnishings, capital campaign companies, publications, church growth consultants, content providers and several others. If you last in this industry long enough, […]
11 Practices Of Highly Effective Youth Pastors
I have been friends with Paul Bickford for over two decades. Paul heads up all student ministries for my home church Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, GA. He is a great leader and dear friend. Nowhere were Paul and our youth ministry’s skills on greater display than today. For the second consecutive year, our student ministries team […]
15 Lessons For Pastors Wanting To Grow Great Churches From Passion City Church’s Good Friday Concert
How do you create a memorable event? How do you create environments people want to re-visit countless times? How do you create experiences people will stand in long lines for hours for? This is what my family has now done four consecutive years with our now-annual Good Friday tradition joining 13,000 of our closest friends […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of March 30th About Easter
Easter is the confirmation and foundation of everything we believe as Christians. It is because Jesus rose from the grave we have the authority, confidence, meaning and context to live the Christian life. The following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of March 30th About Easter. What Did Jesus Suffer? And Why? […]
10 Practices Of Highly Effective Teenage Christian Leaders
Back in the 90’s I had the privilege of being a youth pastor at two different churches. It is where I cut my Christian leadership teeth. After witnessing the behaviors of thousands of teenagers and raising one myself, I have observed the following 10 Practices Of Highly Effective Teenage Christian Leaders: Highly Effective Teenage Christian […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of March 23rd
Average is overrated. Leaders are dedicated to personal growth. They want to continually get better. The responsibilities of leadership demand they do so. Christian leaders, in particular, know if they get better so will their church. If you want your church or your personal leadership to go to another level, if you want to be […]
10 Keys To Having Great Conversations With Pastors
As a member of INJOY Stewardship Solutions, I speak to pastors for a living. It is a humbling role because of the high calling and responsibility which comes with serving God’s bride on a daily basis. After a great conversation today, I took time to break down the elements as to why my time with […]