Leadership

Flee, Fight, or Pray?

Fleeing may not be the answer, but falling on one's knees in open repentance to God for their part in the disagreement enables healing to begin in one's heart.

Dying to Live

The community outside the church's walls needs a Bible-teaching church as much as the church needs a community that is invested in what it offers.

The Roadmap to Renewal

Regardless of the denomination, the story of the legacy church is the same: fighting to stay alive.

Flourishing With a Small-Church Mindset

There is a longing in the world today for people to feel valued. They are valued not for what they can bring to the table but for who they are. God has placed giftings in each person that the local church needs today—many leaders and churches long for authentic relationships that make a person feel seen and heard.

Develop Guests into Future Leaders

Churches that integrate visitors into members have a clear direction of where they are going.

5 Ways Pastors Can Achieve a Good Work/Life Balance

Improving one's own spiritual well-being is a deeply personal and ongoing journey.

Embracing an Aging Congregation

The people who made up the church had to believe again that God could use them, us, to reach out to the community. The fact of the matter is hard choices had to be made, and it started with reclaiming the property for the Lord.

Put Out the Welcome Mat

There are endless opportunities to turn unused space into community space, but it will take a flexible and agile leadership eye to embrace change.

Repurposing Your Space

The one thing a faltering church typically has is space: empty classrooms, parking lots, education buildings, or offices. How can your local church leverage that area to help the community?

Change Your Church’s Scorecard

The way the world measures effectiveness must not become the way the church does. The scorecard that the church has used for decades has become broken.

God Is Not Limited by Our Lack

No matter what I did, every attempt ended without any signs that a youth ministry would get off the ground. I was at a complete loss.