Our fall interview lineup for Coaching for Busy People is now set. It is an excellent group of world class leaders.
We have already begun the lineup with Larry Osborne, pastor of North Coast Church in Vista, CA, who talks about his book Sticky Teams, which is one of the best books I’ve read in 30 […]
Coaching is on the rise. I’m currently coaching 23 pastors in taking their churches to the next level. A couple are trying to break the 200-in-worship barrier; two or three are trying to break the 1,000 barrier; and a bunch are trying to break the 500 barrier. In the last three years I’ve experienced a huge increase […]
More and more church leaders are reporting to me that they are having conflicts between sports schedules and their church’s schedule. This has been a growing problem since the 1980s.
I just recently received an email from a client I’m coaching who asked my advice on what to do with just such a problem. In this case it […]
I’ve lived through a number of seismic shifts the last twenty years. These shifts have changed the way I think and consult and I’m watching how they have affected effective pastors. Those who haven’t assimilated these shifts lead declining churches and those who have assimilated them are leading growing churches. So I want to […]
I ran across a method of following up on first-time visistors that I am now recommending in my Double Day campaign. I thought I would share it with you.
On Monday morning send a package to every first-time visitor who signs in and include all or some of the following:
A Veggie Tales CD for […]
I just did an interview with Frank Viola on his and Leonard Sweet’s new book, Jesus Manifesto. Click here to check it out on Amazon.
In case you haven’t noticed, there have been a host of books lately focusing on the pastor’s character and spiritual development. Not only that, but many conferences are now featuring the importance of spiritual development of the pastor. One of the most notable books on the subject of the devotional life of the pastor […]
For a long time I’ve taught there are only two critical questions facing humankind:
What is it about my relationship to Christ that my neighbor needs to experience?
How can I rabidly share that relationship without coming off like a bigot?
Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola have made a major contribution to these two questions in […]
The average church in the U.S. has fewer than a hundred in worship. Churches with fewer than 50 people in worship make up 40% of all churches in the U.S. The average age in these churches with fewer than 50 people in worship is over 65. Add to that the fact that less than 2% of these […]
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