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February 16, 2023 0 Comments

We were talking about preaching to your target audience – your Outreach Avatar – and one of my preaching students shared that one of his elders was complaining about the sermon du jour on

February 4, 2023 1 Comment

When I served as a pastor – and in almost every church I served – one of the complaints I occasionally heard was that someone wasn't being spiritually fed. Apparently, that's not a new

January 17, 2023 1 Comment

Years ago, I took a business management course and I believe it was Tom Peters who drilled it into my head that when leadership determines the need for a culture change, that it

December 26, 2022 1 Comment

There are two ways to try and grow a church. Plan A has years of tradition behind it: Convince those in the pews to get off of their blessed assurance and move out

November 30, 2022 0 Comments

Think about the implications of that statement. If you're committed to growing your church, that means: The people you're trying to reach intentionally didn't want to go to church. And more to the

November 9, 2022 0 Comments

To become a part of the Next Level for Church Growth Pastors Group (a private Facebook Group), a pastor has to answer three questions. Question #2 is about Church Growth. It's always amused