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The mistake most churches make trying to develop a small group system is that they focus on starting small groups. Instead, they should focus on developing leaders who develop other leaders and release

The following two leadership tips are related. Tip One: Church leaders need to start going house to house again - not to talk about the weather or to eat a chicken dinner, but

If you were to have a conversation about Jesus with a non-Christian, what would you say and do? When was the last time you had a conversation with someone about their relationship to

What would happen to your ministry if every year you chose a dozen lay people you felt had potential and spent the year discipling them? What would happen if every paid staff person

Mainline churches should avoid like the plague bringing ordained Associate Pastors on their staff. Instead they should raise up effective, non-ordained staff. There are several reasons for this: 1. They already have the

For the past decade I have said that we are nearing the time when it will no longer be true that the vast majority of people are converted before the age of 18.