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May 25, 2016 0 Comments

Over the past couple of months, I’ve been conducting interviews with pastors of church planting churches, and a couple of things keep reoccurring in all of the interviews. I thought I would single

March 13, 2016 2 Comments

My recent article “Too Many Pastors Are Wasting Their Lives” must have hit some raw nerves. We’ve had over 16,000 hits on the blog post. Most of them were supportive, but some were downright

February 27, 2016 4 Comments

Wayne Cordeiro is known for effectively planting hundreds of churches over a long period of years, but in a recent interview with me he said, “I’m learning that Church planting isn’t the goal;

February 27, 2016 4 Comments

One of the key elements of most discipleship pipelines I’ve seen is what I call "transformational small groups." The problem is, when most people hear “small groups,” they think of Bible studies, which

February 19, 2016 133 Comments

I love pastors.  I was one for thirty years. But my heart goes out to them because most of them are wasting their lives.  Let me tell you why. Statistics show that some 85%

February 3, 2016 0 Comments

Scorecards are valuable in any game because they tell you whether or not you’re winning. If it is important to know if you’re winning in a game, how much more important is it