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- 1. 5 Ways Designated Giving Can Get Your Church in Trouble
- Designated giving can be an incredible blessing for your church. It allows, for example, church members to give to such areas of passion as missions or facilities. But far too many churches are handling ...
- Created on 01 June 2021
- 2. Why You Shouldn't Seek a Second Opinion When Scripture Stings
- Don't seek a second opinion to tell you what you want to hear. When I see the doctor for physicals or other reasons, if the doctor says everything is OK, I respond: "Awesome! See you next time!" This ...
- Created on 23 May 2021
- 3. A Guide to Assessing Internal Leadership Candidates
- Many times people ask me, "William, we have a great candidate on staff who could be my successor. How should we figure out if he/she is the right person?" Determining a new leader for your church is ...
- Created on 25 May 2021
- 4. 5 Good Reasons Why Playing It Safe in Ministry Doesn't Work
- The sustained pressures of unanswered questions, unsolved problems and an unknown future have caused leaders to pull back, hesitate and in many cases, play it safe. Here are a few statements from leaders ...
- Created on 14 May 2021
- 5. 5 Questions That Can Make Your New Member Class Better
- With more people regathering in person for church, a pent-up demand is building for membership classes. The membership class was one ministry many churches put on hold during the pandemic. A year has passed ...
- Created on 12 May 2021
- 6. How Your Church Can Help With the Mental Health Crisis
- I've always believed and taught that God uses our pain to help others. I've seen that to be true over and over in my life—and in the lives of those in our Saddleback family. Much of the Purpose Driven ...
- Created on 11 May 2021
- 7. How the COVID Shutdown Changed Our Church
- Sundays during the pandemic shutdown were dramatically different. Children's ministry leaders were trying to figure out how to minister to kids without being in the room. Parents truly realized their ...
- Created on 06 May 2021
- 8. Greg Laurie: Why the Church Should Act More Like Nehemiah
- On this National Day of Prayer, as the country continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and injustice, we can look to a biblical figure for guidance: Nehemiah, whose name means "comforted by God." Thousands ...
- Created on 30 April 2021
- 9. Lessons for Leaders on How to Lovingly Terminate Staff
- For 25 years of leading different companies and churches, I have learned the hard way how to lovingly terminate staff. In my role as pastor or as a CEO/COO, I would love to say that I have always terminated ...
- Created on 29 April 2021
- 10. 3 Ways Pastors Can Win Over Influential Critics
- Every pastor has theirs. It's an inevitable part of leadership. Some criticism is constructive. Even when it's not constructive, you can almost always learn something. Other criticism is just a visceral ...
- Created on 29 April 2021
- 11. When Church Consulting Becomes Difficult
- I've been a church consultant for more than 20 years. My wife and I have closed our company, the Lawless Group, to join the Church Answers consulting team, and I remain excited about the possibilities ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 12. 55-Year Pastor Reveals 15 Reasons Why Many Leaders Fail
- As a young pastor of a booming church, I remember seeking the advice of countless mentors who had walked in my shoes. Wisdom was a resource I couldn't get enough of. For those of you who relate to that ...
- Created on 16 April 2021
- 13. 7 Principles Jesus Practiced That Released Purpose
- The Lord Jesus Christ was the most excellent motivator and example of living a purposeful life that the world has ever seen! Since He is the living Word of God, He lived by the Scriptures (John 1:1). This ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 14. How You Can Convert Evangelistic Challenge Into Life-Changing Opportunity
- It was on Good Friday of 2020 that I penned the following words into my journal: Right now, all things are being made new. And it's painful. Suffering is a sober teacher to remind us that we are not ...
- Created on 14 April 2021
- 15. Church Leaders, Let's Talk About More Intentional Evangelism
- I sat in an empty conference room going through church files. One box contained hundreds of leads from a long-gone Tuesday night outreach program. I called in a couple of deacons. "What should we do ...
- Created on 14 April 2021
- 16. 10 Things to Do When God Seems to Be Saying 'No' in Your Ministry
- We've all been there. We pray and pray, and it seems God's answer is "no." When that happens, here's what I encourage you to do: 1. Trust His wisdom. He always knows what's right. He is, in fact, the ...
- Created on 08 April 2021
- 17. Why an Interim Leader Is Your Only Choice
- When people typically think of an interim pastor, they think of someone who is filling a temporary role until the position is filled by the next full-time pastor. Few consider the fact that every pastor ...
- Created on 08 April 2021
- 18. Are You Doing Your Part to Prepare the Next Generation of World-Changing Disciples?
- God called me as a young girl to serve Him in full-time ministry. I heard His voice at the altar one Sunday night when I was only 8 years old, and I, at that young age, knew that my life would not be normal, ...
- Created on 08 April 2021
- 19. Why This May Be the Perfect Time to Plant a Church
- The title of this article may feel very counterintuitive to you. Planting a church when many congregations are closing forever? Reimagining our ministry when we feel like we're crawling back to life ...
- Created on 07 April 2021
- 20. 3 Unseen Hooks Dragging Your Church Down
- Church leaders are more on guard right now. It's understandable. Decision fatigue is a real issue with many pastors. People seem to gravitate to the extremes more easily. Hypersensitivity is pervasive. ...
- Created on 07 April 2021
