Strengthening Your Church’s Structure
So many of the commercials I see on T.V. are for prescription medicines or vitamin and mineral supplements directed at me for the wellbeing of my body. It seems to me that I am in the target market of the 55 + million Americans who suffer from stiff and achy joints. These advertisements warn me […]
Celebrate Forty Days of March Madness
From Ash Wednesday until Easter most churches do some kind of spiritual preparation campaign. In our sports dominated culture, I suggest you use men’s interest in college basketball to attract new visitors to your church. During college basketball’s championship tourney commonly called March Madness or as CBS television has dubbed it, “The Road to the […]
Be a Mentor and Be Mentored
The word “mentor” is defined as “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” Throughout my over 30 years of pastoral ministry, I have had many trusted teachers who have counseled me, encouraged me, corrected me and redirected when I had made some poor decisions. In similar fashion I have made it a point to avail […]
It’s a Good Idea … For Someone
When I wrote If You’ve Got to Herd Cats, You’ll Need a Big Mouse, I wrote about the reality that your church members have no end of “good ideas” about the direction their church should go. Those good ideas include what new programs should be started, what the church needs to stop doing, and of […]
But SOMEBODY’s Got to Do It!
Church Work is never ending. There’s always something that needs to get done. In recent weeks, one pastor or another has given me one of these reasons for why they didn’t have time to get out of the office and do ministry that could grow their church. One pastor I was speaking to went so […]
What To Do With Those Who Remain
I’m a big Carey Nieuwhof fan. He produces some of the most thoughtful and relevant content for North American church pastors and I appreciate what he has to say. This morning one of his blogs didn’t just catch my attention, it caused me to pause. In “Why They’re Not Coming Back to Church (and What […]