Leaders Who Go From Good to Great
Many good leaders fail to reach their potential and become great leaders. Why? A variety of answers could be given here. The easiest one is to say that they reached the level of their skill set and natural ability and should not be expected to go any further. However, I have known many good leaders […]
What Goes Around Comes Around
Countless rural churches provide refreshment booths at county fairs, fall festivals, and innumerable community events. They have pie booths, ice cream booths, turkey dinner booths, craft booths, and entertainment booths. The problem is, all these booths charge money for something. Churches are really there, not to share the Gospel, but to raise money. If somebody comes to […]
Growing Momentum
How does a church get momentum for transformation? There are four steps to gaining momentum for church transformation. First, in addition to preaching from the “vision lectionary” (see our EBA resources), encourage lay leaders from your team to share their stories of personal transformation in worship. The more individuals talk about how God is reshaping […]
The Team Leader for Worship Teams
Many “Track 2” churches launch several options in worship. They grow to a point, and then seem to plateau. Church leaders are wondering what happened. The quality of worship seems good; the diversity of the public seems to connect. But the worship team participants seem to be getting tired, and the worship services seem to […]
Discernment of Call
Why do so many laity start out passionate and strong, and then become complacent and frustrated? Track 2 churches are often very good at providing motivational and life-changing worship … and they are very successful in drawing people out of worship to discern their spiritual gifts and personality types. Their mistake is that they then […]
Preserving Unity with Multiple Worship Options
The most common complaint about moving to more than one worship service in a track 1 church is that people feel alienated from their former friends. Their unity seems to be disappearing. The real problem is that the church fails to provide a regular, high quality time for fellowship on Sunday morning that will involve […]