Strategy, Method, And Analysis For Church Leaders
Yesterday marked the end of a formal relationship I’ve been a part of for a year now. Late last winter I was contacted by a brand new executive pastor here in the northeast. He was interested in my services as a coach as he and his senior pastor worked on getting him formally into the [...]
I recently responded to questions provided by a church leader facing the challenge of evolving his church from “small family/community church” to a “much larger, moving-toward-regional church.” I thought I might share my responses … What is your current adult attendance for corporate worship? We don’t specifically calculate an average for adults only. Our current [...]
In a recent post, Michael Hyatt tells the story of 46 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo and how they’re impacted by 6 new penguins from Ohio. I’ll let you read the post yourself, but basically it’s about how the 6 new penguins “influence” the other 46 by doing nothing but behaving in a different [...]
(Image curtesy of JenniCatron.Tv) I recently read, and very much enjoyed, a feature article in Church Executive Magazine, on Jenni Catron, Executive Pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN. I’ve connected with Jenni over the last couple of days and am working on helping her to connect with the 90+ other Independent Christian Church [...]
I’m learning of more and more churches that make it a policy to hire staff that doesn’t attend their church. I find this very interesting. Tim Stevens, in his post Work Here? Attend Here says it’s about avoiding conflict. While I appreciate his opinion and am sure this is often the case, I have a [...]
Leadership boils down to what we do, not the results of a spiritual gifts assessment or Myers-Briggs survey. These are good tools to help evaluate an individual and their leadership “potential,” but they do not tell us whether or not a person is good at leadership. Going to school, no matter how advanced the degree(s) [...]
I remember working with a group of employees on the manufacturing floor (many years ago) in an attempt to improve efficiency through a better layout and organization of the workspace. I made a very interesting observation that, I believe, illustrates the significance of our responsibility to our staffs and organizations as leaders. I spent a [...]
Since accepting the opportunity to become CCV’s Executive Pastor way back in April of 2004, one of the things I do every year, without fail, is attend the Executive Pastors’ Summit. I’m not sure why, but regardless of our financial state (one time I “threatened” to pay for the trip myself!) being a part of [...]
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 [...]
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