GalleryChurch Planting with Jeff Leake
Podcast interview with Bill Easum
GallerySmall Church Big Impact: An Interview with Kevin Cox
An interview with Kevin Cox of Vista Church by Bill Easum.
GalleryCreating an Equipping Culture
Accountability needs to be built into the performance evaluation process for all staff. This one is for those churches wanting to create a culture of equipping or disciple making. Try using this scoring system to evaluate your ministry and your staff’s ministry.
Rate each statement on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 10 (strongly agree).
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GalleryAre Most Pastors Averse to Being Held Accountable?
“So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.” Romans 14:12
I’ve long been a proponent of measuring results. I believe if you don’t measure the results of something, odds are you’re not going to be as successful as you would be if you kept stats on your ministry.
For all […]
GalleryDiscipleship in a Data Dump Culture
The average Christian’s understanding of discipleship is incredibly inaccurate. Most Christians tend to think of it as something you learn from a course. But nothing could be further from the truth. Let me explain.
I’m a United Methodist. We have a program called Disciple Bible. The program was designed by a member of my staff, […]
GalleryHow Possible Is Church Multiplication?
Often when I write or talk about churches that are planting multiple churches I get pushback in the form of the question “I wonder how many of these church plants are more like house churches?” I’m not sure why I get that question more than “I wonder how many people these churches are reaching?”
So […]
GalleryToo Many Pastors Are Wasting Their Lives: Responses
My recent article “Too Many Pastors Are Wasting Their Lives” must have hit some raw nerves. We’ve had over 16,000 hits on the blog post. Most of them were supportive, but some were downright angry, and many of them missed the point of the article. It’s amazing to me how many people hear what they […]
GalleryExtreme Makeover
The TV show Extreme Makeover follows the stories of the lucky individuals who are chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be given a truly Cinderella-like experience: a real-life fairy tale in which their wishes come true, not just by changing their looks, but their lives and destinies. This magic is conjured through the skills of an […]
GalleryChurch Planting Isn’t the Goal: Interview with Wayne Cordeiro
Wayne Cordeiro is known for effectively planting hundreds of churches over a long period of years, but in a recent interview with me he said, “I’m learning that Church planting isn’t the goal; discipleship is! Church planting is actually a byproduct of biblical discipleship.” Everyone needs to let that statement soak in.
Cordeiro has shifted […]