I was working with a church leader who was in process of creating a vision. Here’s our exchange:
A quick vision lesson … which is more compelling?
My Vision would be to be a place that young families can go to in order to realize that they are not the only one feeling the way that […]
There’s a marketing axiom that says if you try and market to everyone, you market to no one.
It works that way in the church too. When a church tries to reach “everyone,” it effectively reaches no one. That doesn’t mean everyone isn’t welcome … if everyone isn’t welcome, you’re not running a church, […]
We wring our hands and bemoan the rise of kid sports and the losses in our Sunday schools. Sunday is no longer sacrosanct and reserved for “Church Use Only.” Today’s families have choices to make and to be fair, they take their choice-making pretty seriously.
It turns out, parents have their kids participating in […]
We live in a microwave world. Time is our most precious commodity, so we favor anything that speeds up the process. Instant oats. Instant potatoes. Instant copies. Instant answers. Even love at first sight.
Relationships don’t fit on the microwave turntable. They’re more of a crock pot kind of affair. They take time to […]
One guarantee: If survival is the goal of a church, then death is the inevitable outcome.
Survival is “all about us.” When a church is all about us, it’s not at all about the gospel, making disciples, or being faithful to the biblical mandates to welcome the stranger. Only when a church is willing […]
I was asked recently, “How do I start a conversation with an unchurched person? Should I just ask about their church home or whether or not they go to church?”
Let’s think about this. If you ask an unchurched person whether or not they go to church, you’re effectively cutting off further conversation because their […]
So, how’s that working for you?
Evaluation is the key to effectiveness, even in the church.
You have to ask … For each event, mission, or ministry that your church does:
What’s the return on investment? How many unchurched attend? How many have become connected with church members as friends (mentors into the faith)? […]
Recently, I was working with a church that desperately wants to grow… well, the pastor wants it to grow. He asked his core leaders about their inviting experiences and they all said shades of the same thing: “I’ve invited all my friends to church and they’re not interested.”
Well, duh!!
Unless you happen to be inviting […]
Let’s start off with a fact. You can’t change introversion. If you get exhausted being around a group of people (every group of people, not just certain ones), then you’re probably introverted. And introverted is “who” you are – it’s a personality trait that you can’t change on a whim.
However, according to lots of […]
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