Strategy, Method, And Analysis For Church Leaders

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I recently received an e-mail from a reader asking me if it was “OK” to download some of the stuff on my blog. Of course I responded, “Fire away, take whatever you want!” It occurred to me, though, some might not feel comfortable taking something from my site that is right there, only a click [...]

Moving From Fellowship One To Church Community Builder

I’ve had a couple of church leaders ask me about our experience with changing over from Fellowship One (F1) to Church Community Builder (CCB). So, I thought I would share our experience for those of you who might be contemplating this change. We made the move from F1 to CCB early last year. I have to [...]

How To Write A Job Description

Job Description Post

One of the things I’m frequently asked about is how to write a good job description. I share copies of many of the job descriptions my church has written over the years on my Resources Page, but in this post I thought I would share my “two cents” on how to write one. Obviously there [...]

How To Handle Divisive People In The Church

Church Dicipline Post

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 [...]

A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place

The more I do this job, the more I realize that much of what I’ve learned over my years in corporate applies to managing the church.  “Doing church” each weekend is a lot about logistics.  You know … having everything you need, where you need it, when you need it.  Pulling this off, though, in [...]

Technology and the Church

I have often said that developing a strong Information Technology (IT) infrastructure is a key to helping an organization accomplish its goals.  Does this extend to the church?  Absolutely! Where else is accomplishing the goal (mission) more important?  While doing some research on the topic of Technology, I found this post dealing with this topic and [...]

How To Develop An Annual Budget

How To Develop An Annual Budget Post

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 December 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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]