Timely Action
One of the mistakes I see pastors routinely making is the failure to terminate a staff person the moment they decide they can’t cut the mustard. It’s been my experience that the sooner an ineffective person is terminated the more likely it is that the pastor will survive the conflict. Most Pastors wait too long […]
Worship Evangelism
According to several contacts I’ve had over the past two years, both in the U.S. and outside of In our country, worship evangelism seems to be increasingly the worship of choice. By worship evangelism is just the opposite of seeker sensitive worship. It means that one of the goals of worship is for the non-believer […]
Four Keys to Explosive Growth
1. You have to bring in a lot of people. You wont achieve this in your office spending hours on a sermon or program planning or anything in house. In other words somehow you have to get the word out to the public. 2. You have to keep those you bring in. The best method […]
How to Get Started in Small Groups
1. Decide if small groups are going to be the hub of the church or just one program among many. 2. Gather a group of potential small group leaders and spend time with the group to get them ready to lead a group.. 3. Talk more about multiplication, leadership development, apprentices, etc than how to […]
The Characteristics I Value the Most
Over the years, I have had the privilege of working with numerous spiritual redwoods. Some were on the staff at the church where I served Christ for 24 years. I met some in the books that I read. Others I have met through my consulting ministry. Each person has taught me something special known only […]
The Stages of Modeling
Stage one – begin to equip a core group into spiritual leaders. The leader models the core group and they begin to equip their friends Stage Two – begin to dismantle committees and initiate spiritual gifts; modeling by a much wider group of people who understand their responsibility is not going to meetings or running […]