When It’s Time to Say “We’re Gonna Miss You”
A Personal Note to ALL Church Leaders Church leaders need to remember that they have a different mandate than the average church member. At large church members are charged with the care of one another (other Christians and fellow church members in particular, among other responsibilities). Church leaders, however, are charged with the care of […]
Are Your Leaders Interested or Committed?
I was reading some business blogs the other day and came across one in Entrepreneur magazine. The president of Fusion Logistics, Joe Judson, was waxing eloquent on one of the measures of success, interest versus commitment, and it got my mind spinning about some church leaders I’ve worked with. Many church leaders are interested in […]
The Worst and Most Avoidable Mistake of Churches
Lousy hospitality seems rampant at churches. Â We hate it when we see it in other churches, but we don’t seem to be able to address it in our own. We live in a time when even churches get rated on the internet. Â Of course, word of mouth always has been and always will be the […]
Five Things You’re Doing That Won’t Grow Your Church
The church pastor was flummoxed. He had no idea why his church wasn’t growing. He was doing lots of stuff right, but he just couldn’t get any traction. So he called me. After a lengthy conversation, I helped him identify five things he was spending a lot of his time on that weren’t growing his […]
Pocket Numbers
Back in the days when I was involved in Toastmasters, I used to carry a “pocket speech” with me to every meeting. A pocket speech was a pre-prepared three- to five-minute speech that I could present just in case the scheduled speaker didn’t show up. Every member of our club was encouraged to have a […]
Top Five Blog Posts of 2014
2014 was a banner year for The Effective Church Group at 21st Century Strategies. We provided church leader training resources to over 44,000 church leaders this year, including: Access to over 1500 blog posts on EffectiveChurch.com Over 200 training videos on Church-Talk Over 325 issues of Net Results magazine We worked in person with over 300 pastors and […]