Don’t Miss This
Just a quick word at Easter. I was watching the TV tribute to the Bee Gees. And I thought what it must be like to have such a tribute made about you and all of the millions of people watching, just for you. Then my thoughts went back to the Easter Tomb that popped open […]
Two Skills Every Pastor and Staff Must Master
There are many leadership skills that are important. But there are two skills that overshadow all the rest. If a staff can master these two skills, there is no way a church can keep from reaching more people for Christ. Want to know what they are? Sure you do. So here goes. Skill Number One: […]
Reaching Millennials
Remember when it was all the rage in mainline churches to write and preach about how different it was to try to reach Baby Boomers, then Gen Xers? Now we are faced with the same challenge to reach Millennials. It seems that things never change for mainliners – we are always behind the curve, looking […]
Is It Time to Drop the Requirement?
I’ve been watching the trend escalate for the past decade. For centuries, it has been the practice of non-mainline groups. But for the last couple of decades its has been a rising factor in thriving churches. I’m talking about the rise and effectiveness of non-seminary trained pastors.  It used to be that pastors like enormously […]
4 Steps from Church Spectator to Disciple Maker
Why do people resist church so much? Â Yes, those who are a part of church need to be concerned with the valid aspects of the critique that religious people are hypocrites and out-of-touch with the intersection of faith and daily life. Â But there is a significant underlying reason. Â Our culture believes that most everyone is […]
You Need a Friend/Coach in Christ
Why do we try to do things on our own in church ministry? Â Why do we seem to honor being a Lone Ranger? Â Okay, not even the Lone Ranger did things on his own. Â There was Tonto. The greatest professional athletes have coaches. Â Why do we do ministry relatively alone? Â Why does the concept […]