Congregations have four levels of maturity - okay, good, quality, and excellence. As the church grows in numbers, it must also grow in its maturity. People expect more the larger a church becomes,

Vision is often determined by who you spend most of your time with. Consider Paul's call to the Gentiles in Asia Minor. Paul was in Antioch working among Gentiles when he had the

One of the key shifts of our time is the shift from attracting people to empowering missionaries to go out. Spending money doing advertizing used to work. Today, it doesn't. Today we need

(From one of our Forum members) 1. Stay Well First and foremost is my spiritual life. This means daily time with God, tithing, covenant/small groups both within and outside my church, good continuing

Today's environment requires leaders to be spiritual directors rather than teachers or CEO's. Being a spiritual director is different from being a teacher. Teachers impart knowledge to their students. Spiritual directors walk with

During my years of pastoral ministry I learned two very helpful tactics to raise needed funds. Keep in mind this tip is not for churches that have taught tithing for years and tie