Category: Leadership
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The Real Cost of Free
One of the greatest fallacies in our culture is the perception of ‘free’. That simple word sounds so good to people, yet few realize that it is actually a misnomer. There really is nothing free. (Except salvation through Jesus Christ, but even that cost Jesus his life.) Every time something is offered for free, someone,…
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Success Analysis for Churches
I had the chance to talk on a local radio show this afternoon. We went into the show expecting to talk about independence but the topic quickly moved to churches and effectively managing change. It was interesting that we were able to cover several topics in relation which were all things I had been processing…
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End of the World Predictions
People claiming to predict the end of the world is nothing new. The list if vast of people claiming to be able to decipher the book of Revelation or have special insight into doomsday prophecies. What can we take from these guesses? As evangelicals, they out to be a wake cup call reminder of our…
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Your Church Blog: A Pastor’s Thoughts on Knowing What People Give
I recently read a blog article where Larry Osborne, pastor of North Coast Church explained how his thoughts have changed regarding pastors knowing about the giving patterns of his congregation. I’ll admit, at first, I was adamant about pastors not knowing, however, after reading through Larry’s points, I can see some benefit in knowing. My…
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Have you found a helpful messenger?
Thom Rainer posted on his blog today insights about the “Quest for Helpful Messengers.” He hit the nail dead on with his post. As leaders, we do often devote our attention to people from two camps. We have the first camp of people that feed our ego and continually praise our efforts. These people in…
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Effective Church Communications
I recently happened upon a blog post in Outreach Magazine entitled “The Next Thing in Church Conferences“. After reading through the post, it was less about new church conferences and more about effective communication principles. The article talks about how most conferences have a basic programmatic structure that doesn’t lend much room for interaction other…
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Aware of But Not Focused on Church Numbers
A growing trend among evangelical pastors is to focus on their attendance numbers. Many have even joked about pastoral counting, which basically means that pastors inflate numbers to make their ministry look larger. We all know that our society has become enthralled with the notion that bigger is better. Unfortunately, in ministry we have also…
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Taking Risks for God
Joe Lawson, DOM for the Rehohoboth Baptist Assocation preached at Bethel Baptist Church yesterday about truly stretching your faith to expect God to do something BIG! So many times we sit comfortably with our faith. We know God, we trust God, but we don’t ask God to do the extraordinary. I heard a quote on the…
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Ministry Lusting – Day 1 Into the Field
For the next few days, we’ll be posting articles from a friend of ours, Stephen Boster, KCI Campus Pastor for Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO. Stephen released a post a few months ago that got me thinking, do we as pastors fall victim to ‘lusting’ after other ministries? Take a few minutes…
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Are you tracking healthy giving in your church?
We’ve been doing a lot of research recently about increasing your churches giving base. Let’s face it, money is a difficult topic to bring up in church, yet it is also one of the most talked about subjects in the Bible. Why is it that we have so much trouble talking about money in church? …