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October 29, 2012 0 Comments

Our new book, Effective Staffing for Vital Churches, is now on sale in print, for Kindle, and maybe for Nook on November 1. Many have pre-ordered and we thank you. We believe it

October 25, 2012 0 Comments

There’s more to public praying than just heeding some “thou shalt nots.” For example, thou shalt not use the words 'Lord' or 'just' as commas between long, run-on sentences: (“We just pray, Lord, that

October 23, 2012 0 Comments

Too often, churches get staffing wrong. I know in their heart of hearts they believe that by hiring age-graded directors/pastors/associate ministers they're staffing to grow, but in today's culture, especially in our less

October 23, 2012 0 Comments

Yesterday, I wrote about the three changes every pastor needs to go through when a church moves through a growth barrier.  Although there are many interpretations of what these barriers are in our

October 22, 2012 0 Comments

Every time a leader goes through a church barrier, three changes have to take place in the leader's life: Developing a new skill set Changing his or her value system Changing the way he

October 20, 2012 1 Comment

I mentioned two things when I spoke one Thursday afternoon in Baltimore: there are only four things that grow a church, and I had never seen a church doing those four things that