Today’s guest post comes to us from Dr. Bob Whitesel for BiblicalLeadership.com. Bob is a long-time friend, fellow church growth enthusiast and frequent speaker at our pastor conferences. For 20-plus years I’ve seen that offering culturally different worship encounters can help connect more cultures in a community to God. But, adding a new worship encounter has its caveats. Here is my … Read More
Good Leadership Follows God’s Law
“The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong. They have made God’s law their own, so they will never slip from his path.” – Psalm 37:30-31 (NLT)
Carey’s Missionary Motto
“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.” – William Carey, “Father of Modern Missions”, Particular Baptist minister, and founder of Serampore College in India August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834
Church Growth Mistakes: How to Guarantee Your Church WON’T Grow
Today’s guest post comes to us from James Emery White, for ChurchPlants.com. There are five simple ways to make sure that your church will not reach its full redemptive potential. Follow one or more, and you can just about guarantee your church will not grow. First, make your church all about the people it already has. Their care, their comfort, … Read More
The Power of Promotion in Small Groups
The below excerpt is from my book Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups. This revised and expanded edition shows church leaders how to make their small groups work. Six weeks to a month before the start of a new small group semester, it’s time to launch a promotion month. During this month, focus your attention on getting everyone in your … Read More
My Birthday Gift to YOU
Hey – it’s my birthday today and my team is looking at ways to celebrate (in addition to cake and ice cream!). But I’d rather make this about YOU. My birthday wish is that you experience massive growth in your church this Fall — and into the New Year! So here’s my birthday gift to you: 75% OFF Birthday Sale … Read More
Managing Your Time for Higher Levels of Living (Part 3)
In last week’s second part of this series, I explained how, in an effort to manage your time wisely, you might consider adopting an off-peak lifestyle. This simply means that when it comes to life’s routine demands (going to the bank, the dry cleaners, the grocery store, etc), as a pastor you don’t have to keep to the same schedule as … Read More
The Metrics of Mission: How to Count What Counts
Today’s guest post comes to us from Jeff Christopherson for ChristianityToday.com Numbers can be deceptive. Everyone knows that. So, our numbers – the metrics that we frequently count – can be missionally deceptive. But it’s easy to throw the proverbial baby out with the bathwater when discussing the relationship between numbers and a kingdom-advancing mission. Numbers, while fundamentally deficient as … Read More
Leadership Builds Others Up
“He must become greater and greater; I must become less and less.” – John 3:30 (NLT)
Schuller on the Omniscience of God
“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.” – Robert H. Schuller, pastor, evangelist, author, and motivational speaker September 16, 1926 – April 2, 2015