Leadership

Pastor, Is Your Passion is Waning?

You know God has called you to ministry, but your passion is waning, if not gone.

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

The Care and Feeding of Your Church’s Culture

A healthy church is a lot like a healthy family.

Beyond Groundhog Day

Brad Powell: “Leading a church out of a rut demands belief that the church’s future begins now.”

5 Keys to a Long Tenure

I just knew, from the beginning, that I had one church plant in me—kind of like one marriage or one family.

8 Signs of Emotionally Anxious Leaders

Through a calm presence with emotional people, a leader can act like an emotional step-down transformer, decreasing the group’s anxiety by letting it pass through him without getting zapped.

Quick Keys to Effective Communication

Try these simple steps to evaluate—and elevate—your preaching.

Leading Change in Hostile Territory

Brad Powell: “To continue leading positively in the face of negativity, I have found that, like Jesus, I must learn to love people without needing them.”

Is the Internet Church Really the Church?

Is a virtual attender the same as a physically present attender?

Is Your Next Multisite Campus Online?—Part 1

The largest neighborhood in the world is at your fingertips. Millions who live there need a church like yours.