Start with Your To Don’t List
Confession … I love my To Do list. Every Sunday afternoon I sit down with my iPad and the Notability app, I copy the Weekly Planning template, open my weekly calendar (that my church administrator keeps up for me), and I plan my week. I add my appointments, my most critical “must accomplish” task, and […]
Halloween Outreach
Many churches have taken a stand against any kind of the celebrating Halloween because the darkness the day and night may promote. “Because Halloween can be traced to distinctly pagan sources, it is reasonable that many believers would find some aspects of its celebration disturbing”. According to Focus on the Family’s founder, Dr. James Dobson, […]
Good Beginnings
There’s an old church planting saying that’s stuck with me for decades: The End is in the Beginning In other words, if you want the end result to be spectacular, then the beginning has to be designed to support that visionary end. Unfortunately, many churches and many church leaders are operating under the illusion that […]
How to Recruit Volunteers to Help You
There are three ways to recruit volunteers to “help” you when you’re overwhelmed as a church leader. Advertise for them in the bulletin and newsletter. You won’t get many (probably any) that way, but you’ll be able to justify your self-righteous anger at the congregation – especially aimed at those who you “know” could step […]
We’re On the Same Team
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. Romans 14:4 I got another one of those church planting postcards in the mail the other day. I’m quite sure the pastor and/or the marketing team […]
Three Common Contagious Church Viruses: Part 2
“The Church Doctor will see you now.” “Tell me,” the doctor said, “What seems to be ailing you?” The church shared her symptoms. Lethargy. Uncontrollable membership loss. And an unmistakeable rumbly in her tumbly. “It’s most likely one of three common contagious church viruses.” Capitulation Infection Capitulation Infection is one of the most contagious and […]