What the Church is not
While God can bring someone from a harsh negative opinion of the Church, I believe Christians can always do a better job of removing those obstacles.
Baby boomers are returning to church
The rebellious generation may become the religious generation.
4 necessary mindsets for developing transformational leadership
I am convinced that gifted and well-equipped leadership is absolutely essential for every church.
The DNA difference—church plant versus multisite
It’s important to know the difference between these two specific strategies.
This opportunity doesn’t add up
Sometimes the next step doesn’t make sense, yet Tim Liston, Senior Pastor of New Hope Church (Houston) shares how one church's uncertain decision made a huge impact.
2 reasons pastors give up
Over the past five years, my colleagues and I have noticed a disturbing trend in plateaued and declining churches.
What is Jesus’ core teaching on leadership?
What Jesus says in Mark 10 contradicts many popular leadership resources.
Your church needs a strategic vision
If you have a plan without a vision, you are just doing busy work. If you have a vision without a plan, you just have a fantasy.
5 things church leaders are doing right
Church leaders are often criticized, but here are some positives from their influence and impact.
Understanding change
If change is constant, then why are we struggling to adjust?
How and why I could fall
Patterns emerge that signal the signs of hubris for any leader.
15 reasons why pastors can’t lead effectively
The typical American evangelical pastor has this problem.
The leverage of leadership
One leader, investing in enough leaders, will change everything.
5 reasons pastors need to be assertive
Pastors of plateaued and declining church should take note of these “whys” behind assertiveness.
What is “Wild Church” and where is it going?
A look inside more organic churches.
5 observations about the turn inward
It is often the turn inward which sends churches on a one-way journey to obscurity. Here are five observations about this tragic mistake.
What I must change
This list is neither complete nor exhaustive. God is still working on me.
Bavarian cross law stirs protests from church leaders
Bavaria has enacted a law requiring a cross to be posted at the entrance of service buildings as a reminder of its historical and cultural influence in Germany’s second-largest state. However, Christianity Today reports church leaders have voiced some of the greatest opposition to the law, which went into effect June 1. Half of Bavaria’s population is Catholic and another 20 percent are Protestants. “If the cross is seen only as a cultural symbol, it has not been understood,” Cardinal Reinhard Marx, head of the Catholic German Bishops’ Conference, told a German newspaper. A poll for Germany’s largest Sunday newspaper [...]
Who will you follow?
Even more important than your following will be the leader you choose to exemplify.
Can leadership be learned?
Is leadership something we’re born with, or is it something we learn?
