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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

March 23, 2015 0 Comments

We don't normally do this, but since the Harvard Business Review "Daily Stat" blog has been broken for over three months, instead of just posting a link, we're reproducing a GREAT mini-post here.

March 18, 2015 1 Comment

The church had done all the hard work of building a solid foundation. They identified their mission, vision, and values and they developed both membership and leadership covenants. It looked like they were ready