Did you catch this month’s issue?? Each month, as a part of the “Church Leader Insights Family,” you receive the CLI Newsletter, directly to your inbox, packed with the best church leadership content I can find. Just in case you missed it, here’s an article from The Christian Post that was included in this month’s newsletter: TOTAL U.S. CHURCHES NO … Read More
How to Avoid Hiring The Wrong Person
In The Staffing Workshop, I advocate a principle that I strongly believe in – ALWAYS interviewing 3 people for any open position. Another staffing principle I recommend is to “Always Be Recruiting” (ABR). Always be looking for qualified people who you want to join your ministry team. The natural question that follows when I teach these two principles is something … Read More
How to Perform a Personal, Christ-honoring Wedding
One of the great joys of being a pastor can be performing weddings. But that same activity can leave you feeling stressed, uncertain or feeling like you missed an opportunity. My friend Glen Kreun, Executive Pastor at Saddleback Church, recently shared five proven tips from his vast experience with weddings. I decided to re-print his article here for you today: … Read More
Don’t Miss the Open Door – A Saturday Quote
“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.” — Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
Should You Identify Small Groups by Age?
This is Kerrick Thomas here, Executive Pastor at The Journey and co-author of Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups. Nelson asked me share today about another one of the questions that people ask regularly when setting up their Small Groups System – the question of whether or not to identify small groups by age, or to ask it … Read More
Can You Meet Me in Northern New Jersey in Two Weeks?
I’m excited to be doing a number of live events in the coming months – starting in about two weeks in Northern New Jersey. If you’re in the Northeast, I hope you’ll Register Today and mark Thursday, June 24th on your calendar, so you can join me! This is an opportunity to Train Your Staff in One Day – Two … Read More
Rick Warren on How to Structure Your Church for Ministry
A couple of weeks ago, I shared 10 of the books that have had an impact on my life and leadership (click here to see the list) and The Purpose Driven Church held a prominent spot in that list. Most of you know that I had the privilege of serving on staff with Rick Warren at Saddleback before starting The … Read More
New Feature – Search the CLI Blog!
Drumroll please…. After a number of you requested it, I’m proud to announce today that the CLI Blog is now “search-able” using the “Search the Blog” box on the right-hand side. So now, in addition to searching by categories (also on the right-hand side), you can type your specific query into the search box. You can search just as you … Read More
The Key to Leadership – A Saturday Quote
“A key—perhaps the key—to leadership is the effective communication of a story.” —Howard Gardner, Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership
Who’s Answering Your Phone?
First impressions make all the difference in the world when you’re trying to reach unchurched people. And one of the most often-overlooked areas of first impression is the person answering your church’s phone. I recently ran across a great article on this very subject from Kerry Mackey over at Street to the Seat and thought I’d share it today: Who’s … Read More