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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 [...]
Continue reading...Management System – Document Hierarchy
January 30, 2010
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 up of policies [...]
Continue reading...New Resource Page
January 9, 2010
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. [...]
Continue reading...Budgeting – It’s That Time of Year!
November 26, 2009
In my role as Executive Pastor, one of the things I can never avoid is doing the budget for the church each year. That’s right! Along about October/November the budget is due to the eldership, and it takes a bunch of work to get it together. I thought this year I would share the process and [...]
Continue reading...Leadership Evangelism Operating Procedure
November 16, 2009
1. Purpose The purpose of this operating procedure is to establish, document, and communicate the process for intentionally identifying, assessing, developing, and deploying leaders at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). 2. Scope The leadership evangelism process should be used by Ministry Staff to identify and deploy leaders into ministry for the good of the church (Ephesians 4:11-13). [...]
Continue reading...Back to Basics
October 21, 2009
I have a love/hate relationship with wakeup calls. You know, when you are reminded by someone that you’re not doing what you know you should be doing. Have you ever had that kind of a wakeup call? I love the fact that someone comes along and says “hello!” and points out the obvious. But, I [...]
Continue reading...Strategic Planning Operating Procedure
October 2, 2009
Purpose The purpose of this operating procedure is to establish, document, and communicate the process for strategic planning at Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV). Scope The strategic planning process is used by ministry staff to evaluate the organization’s performance, in terms of meeting stakeholder needs, and to develop a plan to better meet those needs during the [...]
Continue reading...Strategic Planning – Step by Step
September 20, 2009
Developing a “plan and execute” culture in the local church is critical to success! Here’s a “step by step” description of the process of developing a strategic plan. This can be done in a fairly short time and without much difficulty and cost. Check this out and give it a try! Stakeholder Needs Using numerous data sources [...]
Continue reading...Announcements – Necessary But Difficult to do Well
July 4, 2009
If you’re a church leader responsible for what happens on Sunday morning in the service, you know how difficult it can be to keep everyone informed about the “goings on” at your church without boring everyone to death. There are constant demands on the 1 hour service to get the word out about everything happening [...]
Continue reading...Dashboard – Measuring Results
February 16, 2009
I've blogged before on the topic of measuring results. In my post on the Performance Cycle I discuss it in the context of everything else when it comes to leading the church in the accomplishment of the mission. I have been asked lately about how to actually capture results and put them into a format that is [...]
Continue reading...The Performance Cycle – A Leadership Model
January 27, 2009
I have been around a long time and have had the privilege of serving as a leader in a number of organizations. And, the single most significant thing I've learned through this experience is the importance of infrastructure development. What do I mean? It's all about scalability! How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its [...]
Continue reading...Infrastructure Development – A Simple Example
August 30, 2008
I’ve expended a lot of my blog energy, over my more than a year as a blogger, on the topic of Infrastructure Development. I’ve written about what it is, how to do it, and why it’s important. Developing infrastructure boils down to deciding how to do something, committing it to writing (the Management System), and [...]
Continue reading...The Management System – Form, Fit, and Function
August 29, 2008
The Management System is the “backbone” of any serious effort to develop infrastructure in the church. It actually enables growth through leveraging (scaling up) the talent and expertise of key leaders in the organization. In this post you will discover more about this approach to infrastructure development and learn more than enough to implement a Management [...]
Continue reading...Service Design – To Plan or Not to Plan?
August 26, 2008
We recently hired a new Arts Director, which is a very good thing. During the more than 6 months it took to make the hiring decision, though, I had the privilege of directly leading the Arts organization including the development of a new Service Design process. As the Executive Pastor I probably spend more face-to-face time [...]
Continue reading...Solving the Supply Replenishment Challenge
June 17, 2008
A continuous challenge in the growing church is making sure every area has what it needs at all times in terms of supplies. You know … paper towels, cleaning materials, paper, and the myriad of other items required to sustain the ministry week to week. Have you ever sent someone to the convenience store on [...]
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