Author: Bill Tenny-Brittian

Bill is the Managing Partner at The Effective Church Group. He began ministry as a church planter in the early 1980s and over the past 40 years he's grown churches from one side of the nation to the other. In 2002 he joined Bill Easum's consultation group and began partnering with churches and church leaders to help them reach their fullest potential. He is the author of twelve books and the editor of Net Results magazine. Reach Bill here.

Can This Church Turnaround? Case Study #1

A Case Study

Established: ~1904 Tribe: Protestant Mainline Worship Style: Rural traditional, family informal   Congregational Demographics:  AWA: 32 Trend: 20 years steep decline; 8 years slow decline; followed by 10 years slight decline Median Age: 61 Adult Generations: 21 Builders+; 8 Boomers; 2 Gen-X; 1 Millennial Children/Youth: 2–3 Ethnic Mix: Anglo SES: Mixed, mostly blue collar; income […]

Five Why’s to Reality

Can You See Your Vision?

Simon Sinek, the author of Start with Why, teaches that every company knows its “what,” a few know its “how,” but few operate – or even know – their “why.” I’d say the same is true for most churches … and in my experience, is absolutely true for all declining churches. Take a look … There’s […]

Pursue Discomfort

Pursue Discomfort

I was listening to Craig Groeschel at the North American Christian Convention in Kansas City and was struck by something he said: There was a sharp intake of breaths across the room when he said that. I suspect his words will be quoted in blogs like this one, and perhaps whispered furtively in a few […]

Book Review: God Dreams

There’s a saying, no one seems to know who said it first, that “If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.”  I try to stay out of those rooms whenever possible. So it wasn’t surprising to me when I found myself in the same room as Will Mancini and Warren […]

Who’s Your Nominating Chair?

Who's On Your Nominating Committee?

I was reading Luke 6 this morning and was struck by verse 12: One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. This passage immediately precedes the calling of the twelve apostles and it is one of only two times the Gospels mention Jesus going […]

Little Fails Can Be Epic

I hear a lot about “epic fails” these days. Typically, that means something has gone very wrong – and ended up on YouTube or Facebook. The truck was too tall for the underpass and it took out the bridge. The boat sank because it took on sixteen too many passengers. The kid broke his arm […]