From Bill Tenny-Brittian
A new Starbucks just opened about 1/2 mile from the church so I sat there the other morning and did sermon prep. As I listened in, I heard the trainers working with staff – modeling behavior and team/partnership. Boy did I learn something that morning!
Lesson #1 on Leading Leaders: As the trainer was instructing a […]
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In the past while serving more conventional churches, I’ve also experienced the difficulty of getting small groups up and running. I was pondering, as I read your email, as to why it is so difficult to get them started. Here are a couple of thoughts I have, […]
Small Groups, the secret by Bill Easum (2004)
A question from one of our small groups
Would you please elaborate on what you see as the key to effective small groups? What will help them keep from being as ineffective as Sunday school often is, except that they occur at another time or day of the […]
Utilizing a box truck converted to be a portable platform theater with complete sound system, our volunteers travel to consecutive sites in the inner city, spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. This high energy weekly program includes music, drama, Bible object lessons and stories, games, prizes and promotions. Each exciting minute is packed […]
By Bill Easum
The best practice for someone who is no longer functioning in a position like they should is to let the person go as soon as you make the decision that this is the best thing to do. Waiting always results in that person making a bigger mess when they leave. Do not […]
From Bill Easum
I would say that no matter what the circumstances, unless moral
failure, the loyalty of the staff must be to the senior pastor without
hesitation. When a staff member cant do that they should leave for
good of the church.
It means never, ever, contradicting whatever the staff decides at the
staff table. it means praying for one […]
In a program based church the following model works very well in hiring staff.
Before advertising for the position, develop a clear Mission Statement setting out all of the expectations and objectives on which the person will be evaluated. This way the person knew what was expected before joining the staff.
Next, advertise nationally through your […]
Let me inject a word of caution taking this whole issue to seriously. It is one thing to go to great lengths to make the nursery secure from non-custodial parents kidnapping their own kids or a pedophile molesting a child. it is another thing for churches to put bars on the windows and doors […]
The most important thing to do … and you can do this in conversation with your various teams at church … is to decide what the missional goal of the sabbatical is. Frequently I find clergy unclear about this, and later they or the church discover the sabbatical was really just a healing or […]
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