The Day-To-Day Mentor
Mentoring someone into faith or deeper into faith is your responsibility. Unless you’re the pastor, it’s not the pastor’s responsibility. Unless…
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A Prayer for Sanity
My denomination, The United Methodist Church, has just initiated a program called “Praying Our Way Forward.” This is a denomination wide…
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Taking Hospitality from Good to Great
What is church hospitality? Is it unique from other hospitality? What about the rather significant emphasis on hospitality in the Bible?…
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The Heart of a Level 5 Church
The one ingredient a Level 5 church cannot do without is radical discipleship. Raising up radical disciples is the underbelly of the…
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Missional Small Groups
One of the key elements of most discipleship pipelines I’ve seen is what I call missional small groups. The problem is,…
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Paradigm Factors
A paradigm is a framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodologies that are commonly accepted and shared by…
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Vision Threats
Casting a vision that produces an effective culture is one of the most important things a pastor can do because culture…
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5 Steps to Becoming Spiritual Giants
How many spiritual giants do you have in your church? Are you a spiritual giant? Is there a process for becoming…
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Pooled Ignorance Never Grows Churches
I was talking recently with a friend of mine who is still pastoring a church. Our conversation was focused around a…
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