Effects of Turnaround on Pastors
From Bill Easum It has been my experience that three out of four pastors who try to turn a church around lose their job. OnLine Conversations “frustrated”“negative growth area”“discouraged”“nothing to offer”“seven years of hard, hard work, prayer, and some suffering”“inadequate and overwhelmed”“dogged faithfulness”“apathy pervades”“very fearful”“I hope my attitude isn’t all washed up”“poignant”“resistance”“controlites”“terminal disease”“it has taken […]
Summer Ministries
From Bill Easum From our Advanced Leadership Forum. Click here to join Too many churches reduce ministries in the summer. 95% of these churches are declining and the attitude that would allow them to reduce ministries in the summer is one of the underlying issues of dying churches. If so little is happening in your […]
Lessons from Starbucks
From Bill Tenny-Brittian A new Starbucks just opened about 1/2 mile from the church so I sat there the other morning and did sermon prep. As I listened in, I heard the trainers working with staff – modeling behavior and team/partnership. Boy did I learn something that morning! Lesson #1 on Leading Leaders: As the trainer was instructing […]
Why Don’t People Attend Small Groups?
From our Advanced list serve (2006) To join click here In the past while serving more conventional churches, I’ve also experienced the difficulty of getting small groups up and running. I was pondering, as I read your email, as to why it is so difficult to get them started. Here are a couple of thoughts I have, […]
The Secret to Small Groups
Small Groups, the secret by Bill Easum (2004) A question from one of our small groups Would you please elaborate on what you see as the key to effective small groups? What will help them keep from being as ineffective as Sunday school often is, except that they occur at another time or day of […]
Sidewalk Sunday School
Utilizing a box truck converted to be a portable platform theater with complete sound system, our volunteers travel to consecutive sites in the inner city, spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. This high energy weekly program includes music, drama, Bible object lessons and stories, games, prizes and promotions. Each exciting minute is packed with […]