Harming Thousands to Save One Person
Without knowing it, most pastors today are harming thousands of people while trying to save one person. You ask, “How so?” Well, one of the main problems with pastoral leadership today is most pastors are plagued with so much mercy and grace that they spend untold hours trying to save a person. Usually this person […]
Make a Decision – or Not
I just spent a weekend with a church that is facing one of the most difficult decisions a church will ever have to face. To be or not to be: That is their question. This church has just lost their interim pastor and only has six months of financial resources left. It sounds pretty hopeless, […]
For the Good of the Many
Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a bit of a Trekkie… but not a huge fanatic by any means (I started watching when Kirk started his career and quit when Picard retired). You know, you can learn a lot about leadership watching Star Trek, both how to lead effectively and how not to […]
Church-Talk TV
ChurchTalk.tv Hosted by Drs. Bill and Kris Tenny-Brittian 30 minute live video training for all church leaders: Every Tuesday at 10 AM Central Time Over 150 video training episodes available in the On Demand (Archive) section Includes PDF small group discussion handouts Downloadable episodes available as MP4 and MP3 podcasts Recent Topics: leadership recruiting, church […]
Best Books Period
After yesterday’s post, I received another email asking what the best books are that I’ve read in the last few years. So here is the list. Missional Communities, Reggie McNeal Missional Renaissance, Reggie McNeal MissioRelate, M. Scott Boren Heartbeat!, Charles Arn Ladder Shifts, Samuel R. Chand The Road to Missional, Michael Frost The Missional Leader, […]
Turning Guests into Committed Members [Connections Pt. 2]
In the first part of this article series we dealt with the most common problem churches have – getting visitors to return. In fact, churches are so troubled by this issue that the national average appears to be that significantly less than 15 percent of first-time visitors return for a second helping. However, when a […]