Change is Hard … Even for Me
I’ve been working in the church planting and church turnaround business since I was twenty-six years old. Let’s just say that was awhile ago [my wife just whispered “A LONG while ago.”]. One might think that I’m immune from the allergy to change. But, sadly, I’m not. It was Grandparent Church Camp. Three days, two […]
No Pain, No Gain
ure, it’s a cliché. No doubt about it. But it doesn’t make it any less true. Although the pastor had been there for a couple years, he was just one in a long line of bullied leaders. No one had any idea what to do about her, but she’d been known to brag about the […]
The Demise of Cash and Checks
The other day I said something online about writing a check and I received guffaws from some of my colleagues. I didn’t understand the intensity of their response to my comment, so I investigated why they responded so negatively to my comment about writing a check. Here’s what I found. U.S. consumers and businesses wrote […]
The Most Important Day of the Year
The most important day of the year for churches is just around the corner. Christmas Eve, not Easter, is the most important day of the year to reach unchurched people. This fact has been true for decades but it is becoming more true today. So what does this mean for your church? One, if you […]
Easum’s Last Stand
This is the LAST seminar Bill Easum will be doing. The very last one. There will be no more. This isn’t a publicity stunt. I’m retiring. Period. And to date, enough registrations have some in so far that I can say the event sent for February 26-27 is a “GO.” If you are planning on […]
New Wine Part 5
Change is difficult. Change in a church is even harder, sometimes, nearly impossible. So what do you do if you are trying to change the culture of a traditional church that is dying? First let me tell you what you don’t do. I most always suggest to churches that they don’t radically change their worship service. […]