"I was just called to a church with twenty-five active members. I can totally count on them to do whatever's needed. I'm excited because the church is very active. They're active in several

I was speaking with a young mainline pastor (we'll call her Rev. Rebecca) who was sharing about her "coach." The "coach" was the pastor at a nearby church. She had significant church leadership

I recently got a note from a pastor who thought that we at The Effective Church Group are down on small churches ... that the only faithful churches are large churches. "The larger

I read a goal statement for a youth program recently. In sum, the statement read: The goal for the Youth Program is to reach the youth in our congregation and encourage them to

Most visions fail for two reasons: (1) They fall off the radar for lack of ongoing leadership support and communication; and (2) The next steps get left out. Once you have a vision,