If you have been in Christian leadership for any length of time, there have been more frustrating conversations than you can count. Christians are very kind people. Therefore, they often spiritualize their words to sanitize what they are really thinking. In an effort to help Christians develop a glossary of terms and cut through the […]
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The Top 10 Most Read Leadership Posts Of June 2015
Bill Hybels famously said, “There is nothing like the local church when the local church is working right.” He would enjoy many of the top posts from June because they demonstrate the beauty, power and potential which still exists in local churches. Each month I review the previous month’s most read posts to glean insight […]
10 Things Pastors And Church Leaders Must Do When Church Attendance Is Declining
The Word of God is always moving forward, always advancing, always taking new ground. Likewise, the Kingdom of God is always expanding and enfolding more people. Therefore, declining attendance should be viewed as a crisis situation for any church. Declining attendance should be of highest priority and therefore immediately addressed. Former ESPN president and executive […]
20 Facts About The Unchurched People Who Visit Your Church
In last week’s The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 8th, Beth Riedemann wrote a post entitled An Open Letter To Mike Linch, Sr. Pastor at NorthStar. The title caught my attention because Mike is one of my dearest friends and one of the great pastors in America. You can follow him […]
10 Lessons Pastors And Church Leaders Can Learn About Creativity
Successful pastors and Christian leaders are humble enough to understand the importance of continual learning. One of the many places I learn from is Fast Company magazine. In their June 2015 edition, this great publication did its annual listing of the Top 100 Most Creative People In Business. Editor Robert Safian identified many similarities and […]
The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The Week Of June 8th
The greatest leader who has ever lived, Jesus Christ, is still changing lives. As I read many of this week’s best posts, I was reminded of this. If you need hope, encouragement or inspiration, make sure you bookmark the posts below and revisit them often. The following are The Top 10 Leadership Posts I Read The […]
13 Realities Of Angry Pastors
This is a very important post because the content below is going to save someone’s job and ministry. For others, it will be a sad reminder of lost opportunity. For another group, the information will be laughed off and ignored to your own peril. The only difference between anger and danger is the letter “D”. […]
The #1 Reason Pastors Give Me As To Why Their Churches Are Growing
What is your perception of pastors of fast-growing churches? The media and trolls on the internet do not paint a positive picture for us. We are led to believe these pastors are rock stars, egotistical, and only concerned about numbers, status and financial wealth? Based upon my experience, I have found these misconceptions to be […]
There Are No New Good Leadership Ideas And 3 Ways To Solve This Problem
From 1996 until 2002 I could not wait to receive my monthly leadership cassette tape from John Maxwell’s INJOY Life Club. Annually, I paid $120 for 12 cassettes, a fill-in-the-blank listening guide, a binder to house the cassettes (which I still have), and John’s latest book. Since my daily commute to work was between 75-90 […]
10 Ways Coming To Church Should Make You Feel Like You Are Coming Home
Last week I had a meeting with an incredible group of church leaders. As part of our initial time together, I like to ask each of those in attendance what brings them back to their church week after week. After all, in America, there is no shortage of churches to attend. Often, there is one […]
The Bible Verse All Business Leaders Should Pray When Not Meeting Their Goals
Christian business leaders should have a competitive advantage because they attend your church. Not just because of business connections but for the following reasons and more: Because the Bible is truth, Christian business leaders should have the best grid for decision making. Christians should understand most the power of vision and how to cast it. […]
Encouragement For Every Church Volunteer Who Wonders If What They Do Really Matters
I speak with countless numbers of volunteers who wonder if what they are doing truly matters and makes a difference in the lives of others. This is why pastors and church leaders often have much work to do in terms of connecting a volunteer’s task or assignment to something of eternal value. A recent post […]