One of the most important components of good leadership is also one of the most difficult. Have you ever heard the expression, “I feel like I’m being treated like a mushroom”? Mushrooms are fed a lot of “crap” and kept in the dark … obviously not good when it comes to communication. The bottom line [...]
July 26, 2010
Dirty Little Secrets
Click on this link: Dirty Little Secrets! Dirty Little Secrets is a place where people can anonymously share secrets that have been eating away at them for years. It’s simple. You submit a secret, it gets screened for spam and needless profanity, and then it’s posted. Anonymously sharing a secret is a very important first step in dumping [...]
July 21, 2010
Kids’ Camp – An “Over the Top” Outreach Event!
One of the challenges every growing church faces is the difficulty of continuing to grow through the summer months. My experience has been that this is definitely true in the northeast. I don’t understand it completely, but it seems like everyone is gone on the weekends. Around here, I think they all go to the [...]
June 29, 2010
Performance Evaluations are Overrated!
A comment was posted to my blog recently asking for my input on a “good” performance review tool, method, format, etc. I said, “Great question!” and started to think about the numerous performance appraisal methods I’ve been exposed to over the years. In fact, I thought so much about it that rather than put a [...]
May 26, 2010
Church Planting Strategy
I am now actively engaged in revising our current Church Planting Strategy, extending it beyond our local “Philadelphia Region” to include our emerging “regional, national, and international” strategy. Once this is done, I’ll post it here. Here’s what our Church Planting Strategy looks like right now … Church Planting Strategy At Christ’s Church of the Valley [...]
May 12, 2010
New Resource Page
This site is all about sharing information with other church leaders on strategy, method, and analysis. God called me to leave corporate to become part of the staff here at CCV and my desire, above and beyond my role on this church staff, is to put myself out there in service to other church leaders. [...]
April 16, 2010
Church Discipline
I’ve talked with many church leaders in my travels and have ongoing contact with many as well. One of the “areas of challenge” that comes up from time to time is what the church leadership should do about divisive people in the church. We’ve managed to document a number of policies and procedures around here [...]
March 26, 2010
Culture is Critical!
The success or failure of an enterprise is almost entirely dictated by how well the senior leadership of the organization creates a healthy culture. That’s a bold statement, I know, but it’s painfully true. Read on … A while back I wrote a series of blog posts on the topic of Leadership Fundamentals. Basically I [...]
March 12, 2010
Average Annual Contributions by Weekly Attendee – 2009
The Executive Pastor group, of which I’m a part, recently did a survey to calculate the Average Annual Contributions by Weekly Attendee. It was an interesting exercise to say the least, putting every church on an equal playing field regardless of location, ministry philosophy, leadership structure, etc. Average annual contributions were calculated for each church [...]
March 5, 2010
Jesus Freak
Christ’s Church of the Valley’s newest series – Jesus Freak Check it out! Series Context: Christians feeling immense pressure to quit because of social pressure. People thought Christians were Jesus Freaks. The author of Hebrews writes: “You need to persevere…” (Hebrews 10:36) Perseverance is from the Greek “Hupomeno” (Hupo – under, Meno – to remain) [...]
February 26, 2010
Executive Pastor Job Description
I’ve been asked a number of times for “a copy of my job description.” For whatever reason, though, I’ve never documented my position here at Christ’s Church of the Valley. Despite my strong belief in the development of infrastructure as the highest priority in building a strong, capable organization … I’ve never taken the time [...]
January 30, 2010
Management System – Document Hierarchy
I’ve recently gotten a few questions about document hierarchy. Since I haven’t yet created the master document for any Management System (The Management System Manual), I was unable to easily answer the questions. Here’s a quick summary … First, take a look at this post: Management System – Form, Fit, and Function The management system is made [...]
January 16, 2010
Helping the People of Haiti – Lifeline Christian Mission
The situation in Haiti is catastrophic to say the least. And, many of us are asking, “How should I respond?” Based on the information I’m getting, the very best thing to do for the people of Haiti is to give sacrificially to a Christian support effort. Donating to Lifeline Christian Mission will literally provide assistance immediately. [...]
December 15, 2009
The Fundamentals of Leadership
You know, I’m getting “longer in the tooth” everyday adding more and more years of leadership experience to my resume as I go. I’ve been at it for a very long time. I remember my first “paid” leadership position was at the young age of 18. I was a lead operator on an automated electroplating [...]
December 9, 2009
Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts – Wimpy Christians
Every week Brian Jones, our Senior Pastor, sends out his Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts to those who have subscribed. His unique style is refreshing! I’ve included his most recent contribution, Wimpy Christians. If you haven’t yet signed up to receive this weekly newsletter, do so by clicking HERE. I had just graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary [...]
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