Leadership

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

Avoid These 10 Awful Messages to Visitors

There’s no joy in sharing these stories, but there’s clarity. These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if we truly want to be welcoming communities of grace.

Eric Geiger: The Story Beyond the Stories

As pastors, we must help people see the true story of the Bible and not just read Bible stories.

How to Reach More People Through Texting

Instead of making texting the enemy, here are ways to leverage it to reach people.

When Teams Fight for a Breakthrough

When your church has a barrier to break through, it’s not just one gifted leader that makes it happen. It’s the strength found in the culture of a team and how they work together that allows the breakthrough.

How to Spot Surface Leadership

Perhaps you’ve seen this before or maybe you’ve been guilty of providing shallow leadership. For seasons, at least, I am not too proud to admit I certainly have. And these times are easy to identify by the teams we lead.

Avoid These Pitfalls When Discussing Your Pastor’s Compensation

Pastoral pay is important. While it isn’t always a make-or-break factor in a healthy relationship between a pastor and his church’s governing boards, it is nevertheless an important one.

Resisting the Urge

Our inherent personality traits, emotional makeup, and “nature”are so strong, that as the parable states – even when it hurts us, we still can’t help it.

What Is Your Church Doing to Help Children in Need?

The church is not designed to be a shield protecting the Christian bubble of safety. Rather, the church is a vehicle engineered by God to send people into the darkest corners of the neighborhood.

How to Create an Awesome Internship Program

Best practices for training up the next generation of church leaders

10 Signs of Church Wellness

Whenever God’s people do the hard thing in the Lord’s way–when we love the unlovely, when we forgive our attackers, when we do good things to our enemy, when we soldier on in the face of adversity, when we maintain our joy in the midst of disaster and retaliate with love–twelve things begin to happen from that moment.