Why not let your church sprout new “movements” from within? Every church maintains multiple departments. Why not let yours cultivate multiple movements.
Every healthy congregation makes use of multiple leaders gathered around a common vision. However, the strongest of these leaders will have their own sense of direction from the Lord. If each individual vision can [...]

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Did you ever feel like you are trying to “push” your ministry forward instead of simply leading the flock? Do you ever feel like you are the key to getting everything done? Do you get confused by all the great books telling you how to do great ministry, yet none of that stuff seems to [...]

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I just read two very interesting surveys done by George Barna. You can read them at www.barna.org. One suggests that tithing is down hugely in churches across the board, yet up in evangelical churches. The other says that over 40 percent of Americans participate in religious discussions sometime during their week. Again, evangelicals top the [...]

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A friend of mine is suddenly rabid about multiplying the church. And he’s having great success. One of his ‘disciples’ is even launching simple churches in a local prison (don’t you dare call them “cell-churches”).
He wrote me to ask which leadership resources I use when discipling rising leaders. That got me to thinking… Trouble is [...]

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Appreciate your congregation or it will never grow. All too often pastors demean the church they pastor. Such an attitude stunts the very health and growth they seek.
Where I live we celebrate “Pastor’s Appreciation Day.” Every year the local Christian radio station admonishes the saints to bless their pastors with cards and letters. I usually [...]

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