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1. 5 Keys to Developing Financial Leaders in Your Church: Most church leaders who don’t have a plan for engaging financial leaders in their church lack one for these two reasons: 1. The belief that engaging financial leaders will make them feel as if all the ...; Created on 16 September 2013
2. Measuring Church Health: How Much Money Should People Give?: They may not say it out loud, but I’ve talked with enough pastors through the years to know there are two key numbers they’re interested in: attendance and giving. Attendance matters because it’s one measure ...; Created on 30 August 2013
3. Measuring Church Health: How Many People Will Serve?: Over the last several years, we’ve been collecting data from the churches with which we consult. One of the key questions we were interested in had to do with serving. We wanted to find out how many people ...; Created on 15 August 2013
4. Measuring Church Health: How Many Students Should Attend?: Last week I launched a series of articles on measuring church health. We began by looking at average children’s ministry attendance. This week, we’ll focus on students. For the churches we’ve worked with ...; Created on 06 August 2013
5. How to Use the Web to Help People Grow Spiritually: Remember the days when we just duplicated everything in the church bulletin on the church website? Church websites were just online brochures. Then we started encouraging people to connect. We offered ...; Created on 23 July 2013
6. 35 Low-Risk Changes Churches Can Make: One of the reasons churches get stuck is that they’re unwilling to change. They don’t want to rock the boat. Leaders are afraid. People may leave. People may stop giving. Over time, the culture becomes ...; Created on 09 July 2013
7. 4 Bad Habits Developed by Teams With No Ministry Strategy: Habits impact churches much more than they realize. In fact, many churches are stuck because of bad habits. Charles Duhigg writes in The Power of Habit, “Most of the choices we make each day may feel like ...; Created on 01 July 2013
8. 4 Reasons Why Churches Don’t Have a Strategy for Life Change: Booz & Company just recently completed a study asking leaders about their business strategy. Based on their research, they found that most executives don't believe their company's strategy is understood ...; Created on 12 June 2013
9. Should the Church Be Asking the Same 6 Questions as J. Crew?: Olan Hendrix once said, “Strategic thinking is like showering; you have to keep doing it.” Many churches are intentional about setting short and long-term goals. Unfortunately, because there is no ongoing ...; Created on 03 June 2013
10. How to Identify Your Church’s Community Persona, Part 2: If you ask most churches, they are genuinely seeking how to reach their community. Identifying your target visitor through building a community persona is the first step. Next, you need to figure out how ...; Created on 28 May 2013
11. How to Identify Your Church's Community Persona: Building an ideal customer profile is a common business practice whose goal is to identify the type or types of people the business caters to. This involves identifying needs, wants, pain points and more. ...; Created on 08 May 2013
12. 5 Reasons Your Performance Evaluation System Doesn’t Work: One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is this: “Do you have any sample performance evaluation forms you can send me?” To be honest, I do have samples, but I never send them. Why don’t I ...; Created on 02 May 2013
13. 12 Questions on Job Satisfaction: In a recent conversation, I was reminded of a set of questions that Marcus Buckingham developed to measure job satisfaction. This list is several years old, but it still provides great insights. I challenge ...; Created on 30 April 2013
14. The Magic Question: ‘What Do You Think?’: Yes, someone needs to eventually make a decision. But if you want to fully engage the people on your team, you have to routinely ask the magic question: “What do you think?” People want to contribute to ...; Created on 23 April 2013
15. How to Get Your Blog Unstuck: During my coaching networks and ministry health assessments, I frequently spend time checking out church websites. While evaluating the sites, I’ve noticed many pastors and ministry leaders are writing ...; Created on 18 April 2013
16. Eschew Comfort to Remain True to Your Calling: I’ve been working for churches for 15 years, but, as many of you know, I’m only 12 months into this journey to focus full-time on church consulting and leadership coaching. I’m helping churches (and businesses ...; Created on 09 April 2013
17. Please God With Service Instead of a Culture of Honor: At the risk of not showing honor to peers in ministry, I want to tackle the topic of honor today. I’m concerned. I see a trend in churches that I think is unhealthy. Honestly, I believe it’s also unbiblical. ...; Created on 01 April 2013
18. Are Events Killing the Church?: Tim Stevens shared a great post recently about “The New Normal Project” at Granger Community Church. It was a post written about what used to be known as stewardship campaigns. You should check out the ...; Created on 21 March 2013
19. Tony Morgan: 10 Reasons Why You’re Probably Going to Fail: I’ve experienced failures. I’ve watched others fail. I’m guessing you’ve seen plenty as well. This morning I tried to think through some common reasons why failure happens. I’m looking forward to some ...; Created on 04 March 2013
20. Tony Morgan: 5 Attributes of a Church in Decline: Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with a denominational leader in a different part of the country. Over the last few years, he’s personally been involved in consulting engagements with about 60 declining ...; Created on 22 February 2013