The Effective Church Group · Helping churches move forward since 1984
Grow your church.
Reach your community.
You’re called to make disciples and change lives. I help you identify what’s holding your church back and lead the changes that move it forward.
Get the help your ministry needs
Clear direction.
Practical next steps.
Find what’s holding your church back.
Get an experienced outside perspective on your congregation, leadership, and community. Identify the barriers and establish priorities for growth.
Church ConsultingLead the changes your church needs.
Work through difficult decisions, congregational resistance, and competing demands. Get support for putting your vision into action.
Leadership CoachingEquip your leaders to take action.
Bring practical church-growth teaching to your conference, leadership gathering, or church training event. Give people tools they can use.
Speaking & TrainingThe Complete Ministry Audit
Understand your church.
Build a plan for growth.
We learn how your church works, listen to your people, and assess your ministry. Together, we identify obstacles and opportunities, then develop a strategic plan and help your leaders put it into practice.
Understand your congregation, its leadership, and its community.
Find what’s holding your church back and where there’s room to grow.
Set clear priorities, establish action steps, and equip your leaders to follow through.
A pastor’s perspective
Thorough, very well organized, easy to implement, and critically helpful
Describing the consultation report.
Hear from church leaders
Their experience.
In their own words.
Linda Anderson-Little
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Richardson, Texas
Rob Miller
First Lutheran
Lafayette, Louisiana
Jake Taylor
Maywood Baptist
Independence, Missouri
The Growing Church Network
Keep your vision moving.
Week after week.
Good plans get buried under the next church crisis. The Growing Church Network gives you ongoing support to stay focused, work through challenges, and follow through.
Build the practices that support church growth.
Work through the issues you’re facing now.
Get perspective from people who know congregational life.
Put your priorities into action and track your progress.
Pastor · Author · Consultant · Coach
Start with something useful
Help for the work
in front of you.
Visitors & hospitality
Why do visitors come once and disappear?
Take a closer look at the connections and follow-up that help first-time visitors return.
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Pastoral leadership
Make room for the work that grows a church.
Examine the demands on your time and the responsibilities that need your attention.
Read the ArticleJoin me for Catalytic Conversations.
Free church-growth teaching. Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Central.
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Grow your church.
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Get my straight answers on church growth, practical resources for your leaders, and invitations to free Catalytic Conversations.
- Reach people beyond your church walls.
- Develop leaders who carry the ministry forward.
- Put what you’re learning into practice.
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Let’s talk about your next steps
What would help your church move forward?
Tell me where things stand and what you’re working toward. We’ll talk about the challenges and whether consulting or coaching is the right next step.
