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- 21. What to Do if Your Successor Will Not Honor You
- You weren't looking for accolades or recognition. But, at the very least, you expected your successor at your church to be kind. You certainly did not expect him to generate a culture of negativity about ...
- Created on 10 March 2020
- 22. 5 Types of Unhealthy Giving to a Church
- "I'm just happy when our church gets any type of gifts." The comment came from a pastor whose church struggled regularly to meet budget. I get it. Any financial gift can seem better than no gifts. But ...
- Created on 25 February 2020
- 23. 7 Reasons Your Church Needs to Stop Functioning Like a Cafeteria
- I have pretty clear memories of my first visit to a cafeteria. I was 5 years old, and my parents wanted our family to experience a Morrison's Cafeteria in Montgomery, Alabama. It was amazing. I saw untold ...
- Created on 17 February 2020
- 24. How Churches Should Deal With Latecomers to Worship Service
- The attendance will really be low today. I looked around the worship center two minutes before the service was to begin. The number of people seemed to be about half of the usual attendance. Really strange, ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 25. Why Some Pastors Leave a Church After a Major Success
- "I can't believe he resigned." The recent comment to me was from a church member of a seemingly healthy church. The pastor had been at the church seven years and decided to leave the congregation. In this ...
- Created on 03 February 2020
- 26. Local Church Leaders Should Be Leery of This Alarming Trend
- Larger churches will have a more difficult time staying larger. At least, that is my postulate according to our early research. And to be clear, I am defining a larger church by the size of its largest ...
- Created on 28 January 2020
- 27. 6 Trends of Retirement-Age Pastors the Church Should Watch
- Tens of thousands of pastors and other church staff members are becoming retirement age each year. We have not seen anything like this phenomenon. These church leaders are reaching retirement age, but ...
- Created on 20 January 2020
- 28. Why You Can't Just Ignore Your Church's Angry 10%
- In any organization of size, there are likely angry people. They are unhappy with the organization. They don't like change. They don't like the leader. But here's the catch: In most organizations, they ...
- Created on 15 January 2020
- 29. Look for These 7 Church Trends in 2020
- Offering trends are a worthless exercise if they have no connection to reality. For over 15 years, I have suggested trends in churches that may become movements of reality. On an occasional basis, I review ...
- Created on 30 December 2019
- 30. 5 Reasons for Churches to Be Hopeful in 2020
- Perhaps my optimism is influenced by the Christmas season and the hope of the Christ child whose birth we just celebrated. But I think it's more than that. Much more. Let me be clear. I know there are ...
- Created on 26 December 2019
- 31. 3 Things to Remember if You're Trying to Reach Gen Z
- It is way too early to say we know definitive truths and trends for Gen Z. Though different demographers put their birth years at slightly different points, I have settled for birth dates from 2001 to ...
- Created on 11 December 2019
- 32. 6 Reasons the Multi-Venue Church Model Works
- The trends are fascinating. About 50 years ago, many congregations in the United States began adopting the "multi" model. This first phase of the multi-model was primarily multiple worship services on ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 33. 5 Reasons Your Tithes Tanked This Year
- "It was like the bottom fell out." The comment came from a pastor in a micro consultation I hosted. He was both concerned and perplexed. He could not understand why the decline was taking place, and why ...
- Created on 04 November 2019
- 34. 3 Sentences Pastors Hate to Hear Before They Preach
- The most common place pastors hear one of these three sentences is right before they preach or right after they preach. Of course, the prayerful focus on their message is detoured and distracted immediately. ...
- Created on 28 October 2019
- 35. Retiring Pastors Give 6 Valuable Lessons on Ministry Salary
- Rarely a week goes by that I don't hear from Boomer pastors who just retired, are considering retirement or wish they could retire. I am listening carefully. And I am learning a lot as I listen. Most of ...
- Created on 21 October 2019
- 36. 10 Things Churches Do That Drive Away First-Time Visitors
- The research and the post got me in trouble five years ago. So, why am I revisiting this issue? Over the past few weeks, I have been involved in microconsultations. We bring 10 pastors together for 1.5 ...
- Created on 14 October 2019
- 37. The Biggest Demographic Churches Are Missing
- Our churches did well in reaching the agrarian culture. We gave the farmers time to get the chores done and get to church by 11 a.m. Unfortunately, this culture began to wane around 1860 with the onset ...
- Created on 07 October 2019
- 38. 5 Questions to Deal With Improper Social Media Use on Your Team
- As I am writing this post, I just concluded a coaching call with an incredible friend and member of the Church Answers community. He was facing the uncomfortable situation where some of his church staff ...
- Created on 01 October 2019
- 39. 10 Surprising Questions Church Leaders Are Asking
- I love those who work in local churches—pastors, children's ministers, worship leaders, lay leaders and so many more. And I have the incredible opportunity to hear from over 1,600 church leaders on a regular ...
- Created on 09 September 2019
- 40. When Members Ask You Why People Left Your Church, What Do You Say?
- Pastors are usually hurt when a member decides to leave the church. Sometimes the pain is deep. It feels personal. In addition to dealing with their own pain, pastors also have to offer explanations about ...
- Created on 03 September 2019