You Can’t Lead Where You’re Not Going
I hear about it all too often. Some pastor shares his/her frustration because they can’t rally the congregation to get serious about evangelism. Or follow-up. Or missions within the community. The list goes on and on. But when I ask the all important question, “So, when was the last time you personally introduced someone to […]
You Get What You Look For
When I work in a church with a large staff invariably two of three of the staff have all of the volunteers they need while the rest of the staff complain that no one in the church will volunteer to serve. If there are ten full time paid staff, two will have lots of volunteers, […]
Measuring Results in Mission Impact (Part 4 of 4)
There are at least five ways to quantitatively measure mission involvement, and at least five ways to measure mission effectiveness. Measure mission involvement: These measurements are in ascending order of importance … from least significant to most significant. 1) Property use: How many community organizations completely aligned with your congregational mission use your space during the […]
Measuring Results in Spiritual Growth (Part 3 of 4)
Sure, spiritual growth is very personal, often unpredictable, and difficult to put into words. But it is really not as hard to measure as we may think. Count how many new small group leaders are moving through the process of identification, apprenticing, and starting new groups. Count how many members … adherents … and newcomers […]
Measuring Results in Worship (Part 2 of 4)
The best way to start evaluating worship is to focus the mission goal of worship. Growing churches diversify worship options, not by style or time of day, but my mission purpose. Is it healing worship? Coaching worship? Educational worship? Transformational worship? Care giving worship? Inspirational worship? Mission connectional worship? Sometimes you can measure life changes […]
Developing the Leaders Under Your Nose
I suppose it’s out there somewhere, but I’ve never found it: the church that has more leaders than it knows what to do with. In fact, most churches I visit have a leadership vacuum. There appears to be more ministries and missions than there are dedicated disciples willing to lead them. How can your church […]