This is my last week in the office before two weeks of vacation (and a two week blogging break) so its a busy week. Here’s what’s happening with Church Leader Insights and me this week that may be of interest to you: Monday – Usual Monday meetings today plus I’ll be following up on the 22 people who were baptized … Read More
Do You Have Clearly Defined Goals? A Saturday Quote
“In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” – Robert Heinlein
Q & A: How Do I Search this Blog
Here’s a frequently asked question about searching our blog: Is there a search box somewhere on the churchleaderinsights.com website? I wanted to try to search for a blog article to see if you’ve written on a particular subject, but couldn’t find one. Is there anyway to do that? We have a product search function in our store and we archive … Read More
Q & A: Small Groups and Accountability
Here’s a frequently asked question about semester-based small groups: If groups operate on a semester system and everyone rotates groups, how do you manage accountability? Kerrick Thomas, co-author of Activate: An Entirely New Approach to Small Groups and Executive Pastor at The Journey, answers the question: Thank you for your question about “accountability” in a semester-based small group system. I’ll … Read More
Q & A: How Does a Church Plant Obtain 501(c)3 Status
Here’s a frequently asked question we receive from church planters: Do you have any resources available on applying for 501(c) 3 status. when to, how to, etc.? I would like donations to our church plant and tithes to be tax deductable. Scott Whitaker, Director of Training and Events for CLI answers: You have a great question. We encourage church planters … Read More
Q & A: How to respond to the financial crisis?
The most frequently asked question I’ve received over the last two months is: How am I to lead my church during this financial crisis? How do I prepare? What do I need to do and not do? To listen to my answer to this question, check out my latest podcast: HOW TO LEAD YOUR CHURCH DURING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS (Download … Read More
Monday Proflections – November 10, 2008
Here’s what’s happening with Church Leader Insights and me this week that may be of interest to you: Monday – I’m in Lakeland, Florida today speaking at the Florida Baptist Convention Pastors Conference. My sermon is based on the wise farmer in Mark 4:3-20. Tuesday – Watch your email today for the Church Leader Insights newsletter today. I share seven … Read More
Keep it Simple (A Sunday Quote)
“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.” — Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist
Church Pitfalls (Part 5)
Bob Franquiz, Guest Blogger: #5 – I thought I knew everything – Just about every church planter I’ve ever met is a little cocky. Some are just confident in their calling and others are down right arrogant. I was a punk kid who thought he knew everything when I really knew nothing. I believe one of the greatest assets of … Read More
Church Pitfalls (Part 4)
Bob Franquiz, Guest Blogger: #4 – I was trying to be someone else – Here’s what I didn’t realize when I first started in ministry, that Jesus didn’t save us to clone us. God created you to be you. When we started our church, I was 26 years old, and I was desperate to know how a Senior Pastor acted. … Read More