Today’s guest post is written by JD Schramm, a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. He offers a seven-part formula for storytelling success, which has direct application to our weekly preaching and how we engage our audiences. More on my secrets to preaching prep in the P.S. . . . At bedtime, I tell stories to my godchildren, … Read More
Why your church doesn’t sing… and what you can do to fix it (Part 2)
Today’s guest post comes from Jason Hatley, Pastor of Worship Arts at The Journey Church in Boca Raton, Florida. Jason is the Founder of WorshipLeaderInsights.com and author of two books as well as over a dozen worship leader personal and ministry growth resources. Last week we kicked off a new series about what has become one of the BIG issues facing … Read More
6 Strangleholds with a Death Grip on Your Ministry
Today’s guest post was written by Mark Powell, Pastor of Communities at Canyon Ridge Christian Church and founder of SmallGroupResources.net. His consulting and coaching services focus on the health of small groups ministry. Are you currently wrestling with any of the strangleholds he presents below? You know that “your ministry is perfectly designed to produce the results you are currently … Read More
Effective Leadership – A Saturday Quote
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”– Stephen Covey
NEW Church Marketing Workshop – Super Early Bird Ends Today
Marketing goes hand in hand with Evangelism and plays an important role in reaching more people in your community. But it doesn’t have to be stressful. To steer you in the right direction with proven ideas and strategies, I’ve created the brand new event, the two-day Church Marketing Workshop where I’ll reveal for the first time ALL the marketing tips, strategies … Read More
12 Lessons I’ve Learned About Church Growth
Today’s guest post comes from Rick Langford, Pastor at Landmark Worship Center in Lafayette, LA and long-time member of my Renegade Pastors Network. Rick shares a few secrets to church growth that he has picked up from years in ministry. It’s a solid list – read on! I have been privileged to serve as pastor of three churches. 28 years as a Senior Pastor will teach you … Read More
Proven Marketing Tools to Grow Your Ministry
If you believe in the power of evangelism, then you believe in the power of effective marketing! If you’ve posted a welcome sign, created a church bulletin or sent any kind of email – you have engaged in marketing. But as you’ve probably guessed, effective marketing is so much more. Once understood and applied, marketing can mean the difference between filling your … Read More
3 Best-Selling Resources for $1.00
As a fellow Senior Pastor, I realize that reaching more people and growing a church can be overwhelming. You face all kinds of barriers along the way both within your church and within your own personal leadership development. All those factors combined – it can be a recipe for frustration. So I put together a package that I think will help you … Read More
Lifelong Learning – A Saturday Quote
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty.” -Henry Ford
Top Characteristics of the Pastors of Growing Churches (They are learners)
Today’s guest post is from Josh Evans, family pastor of the Oakleaf campus of Trinity Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. If you want your church to continue growing in today’s culture, this blog post is for you. There are tons of statistics of churches across the world that prove how difficult it is to grow a church in today’s … Read More