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February 19, 2022 2 Comments

As a church pastor, training your hospitality team to hone their greeting and engagement skills will help grow your congregation. Seeing that your guests are warmly welcomed by many of your members and

February 11, 2022 0 Comments

Every church thinks they are the friendliest church in town. If your church is like the one I last pastored, it still uses a “Welcome” time in the service.” In this part of

February 2, 2022 0 Comments

The word “mentor” is defined as “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” Throughout my over 30 years of pastoral ministry, I have had many trusted teachers who have counseled me, encouraged me,

January 25, 2022 0 Comments

When I wrote If You've Got to Herd Cats, You'll Need a Big Mouse, I wrote about the reality that your church members have no end of "good ideas" about the direction their

January 18, 2022 0 Comments

Some years ago, after reading David Murrow’s book, “Why Men Hate Going to Church”, I realized that most people assume that men are just less religious than women, but this is untrue. Other

December 13, 2021 0 Comments

A growing church is a byproduct of courageous leadership that prays boldly for a vision from God and then takes bold action that honors the vision God has given. But too many churches