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June 4, 2015 0 Comments

When it comes to first-time visitors, you may be surprised to learn that perhaps the most influential person your guests will meet isn't your worship leader. It's not the choir director, Christian education leader, or the

May 25, 2015 10 Comments

No, I'm not talking about pulling your support from zombie runs (though hopefully you have better things to do with your church's resources). I'm talking about those ministries that probably got started years

May 5, 2015 0 Comments

A client recently posed a staffing question and asked me to address it. "Why should the first hired staff positions be (1) a worship leader for a non-traditional style worship service; and (2)

April 19, 2015 0 Comments

I suspect no church intentionally goes about barring their doors to keep new people out, but given the poor first-time visitor numbers in most churches, it sometimes seems like that might be the

April 17, 2015 0 Comments

I recently received a note with a question that I'm sure most pastors have asked themselves at one time or another. [su_quote]Why are congregations not held accountable, especially when the congregation (in spite

March 29, 2015 9 Comments

One of the recommendations we make to pastors with churches under 200 is this: learn to do sermon and worship prep in less than two hours each week so you can spend the vast