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.

15 Ways to Leadership Fail

Brad Lomenick: Are any of these key indicators present in your leadership?

How to Transition to Living Color

How Garfield Memorial Church in Ohio Turned a Multiethnic Corner

Discipleship: Are We Hosts or Producers?

Bobby Gruenewald: “The tension isn’t as much between evangelism or discipleship, but how actively we participate in both."

9 Common Church Change Mistakes

Being aware of these mistakes can be the difference between damaging the church and strengthening it.

WWHDD: What Would His Disciples Do?

Dan Kimball: “A disciple of Jesus should be just as passionate as his first disciples.”

6 Characteristics of Disciple-Making Churches

Higher expectations get more positive behavioral patterns. If you want to make more disciples, raise your expectations.

On the Path to Discipleship

Ed Stetzer: "A path, a discipleship process, is necessary in order to ensure effective life change of believers within a congregation."

3 Must-Have Leadership Habits

Brad Lomenick: "The patterns we cultivate shape the person we each become."