Leadership

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.

Creating Great Church Guest First Impressions

How you treat people who are new to your church can be the difference between your church growing or getting stuck.

Why Leaders Lead With Prayer

Imagine attempting to lead without strength, without guidance, and without defense. Personally, I would consider it both terrifying and utterly futile.

Real World Innovation: It’s a Lot Like Sausage

Larry Osborne: Five Common Mistakes and a Better Way—Is not About Risk-Taking, It's About Obedience.

Ed Stetzer: Why Leadership Matters

Ed Stetzer: "As the pendulum continues to swing, remember: leadership is biblical, theological and contextual."

The Revolutionary Mission

Brad Powell: “A world that is going through revolutionary changes can’t be reached … by a church where everything remains the same.”

Ed Stetzer: Live First, Lead Second

If you want a church that's exercising outreach, you've got to model outreach.

3 Elements of Disciplemaking

Jesus has made it possible for us to reflect God's original desire for his creation.

The Why of What We Do

The way of Jesus was to include people in his life and then help them understand it later.

Bored Churches and Dragon Fireworks

"If pastors are shepherds, we should often guide the flock to green pastures and sometimes over troubled waters."

9 Common Types of ‘Church Cowards’

"Church cowards are few in number but, like a few bee stings from a hive of hundreds, they can be painful."