Why Church Plants Don’t Reach Their Potential
Why Church Plants Don’t Reach Their Potential By: Bill Easum My hearts aches. Too many new church plants either don’t make it past eighteen months or remain so small they can barely survive, much less thrive. Why do so many church plants not reach their potential? It certainly isn’t because they don’t try or don’t […]
Turning Church Around
Turning around a church is not for the fainthearted or the impatient. Churches that have been experiencing decline also tend to experience rapid leader turnover. In business, the fault of this rapid turnover tends to be laid at the feet of the leaders who get frustrated and move on. In churches, however, the turnover can […]
Renovate Before You Innovate
Renovate Before You Innovate By: Bill Tenny-Brittian (from the book by Sergio Zyman – the man behind the failed New Coke campaign) “Obsession with innovation is a current business fad,” says Zyman. But it’s not just a business fad – in recent years many church leaders have fallen prey to the mythical magic pill solution. […]
Winning Streaks
Winning Streaks By: Bill Easum I just finished watching the 40th Super Bowl. It was a see-saw battle of momentum. One team had it and then another. You could feel the momentum change on the field and you could see it in the faces of the players on the sidelines. But neither side built momentum […]
How Do You Spell Leadership?
For the week of February 20, 2006 How Do You Spell Leadership By: Bill Easum How do you SPELL leadership? Try it this way: Specific Preparation Enables Loving Leaderships. I imagine all of us understand that to preach a great sermon requires various forms of preparation. That’s sort of obvious. But what isn’t as obvious […]
Democratic Rule
Democratic Rule By: Bill Easum Most of my ministry (a span of almost fifty years) has been accomplished within the framework of two denominations whose polity was some form of democratic rule. In other words, to get something done it had to be voted on either by the congregation or a group of elected representatives […]