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Published on: February 14, 2016

Eight Reasons Your Church Should Have an Email Newsletter

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In addition to a weekly bulletin, churches have often used weekly, monthly or quarterly newsletters to better communicate with guests and members. As costs to produce newsletters have increased and budget funds designated for them have decreased, the...

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Published on: February 11, 2016

5 Reasons Leaders Tend to Micromanage

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Most of the time micromanaging is not a positive characteristic of leadership. I have written previously about times I do micromanage, but these are...

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Published on: January 26, 2016

What Christians Should Look for in 2016

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Looking at the direction of the culture, the shape of trends and the current challenges we face, here’s a handful of ideas to look for in 2016. I strongly recommend that you share this with pastors and ministry and nonprofit leaders you know, because...

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Published on: January 21, 2016

5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Copy a Mega-Church

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If someone asked you who you’re following in today’s church landscape, you could probably answer with a list of three to five church leaders and perhaps three to five organizations to whom you’re paying close attention. Even if you say you don’t h...

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Published on: December 28, 2015

How to Structure Your Church To Grow Past 200 Attenders

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It’s one thing to want to see your church grow. It’s entirely another to position your church structurally so you can accommodate growth. If you structure bigger, you can grow bigger. If you don’t, you won’t. Earlier this week I was connecti...

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Published on: December 2, 2015

The 5 Costly Losses of a Vacant Church Staff Position

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Before arriving as the senior pastor of my last church, there was a 25-month gap between my start date and the former minister's end date. I served there for almost five years. Following my time at the church, it took 25 more months to find the next...

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Published on: November 29, 2015

3 Characteristics of an Awesome Staff Culture

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An organization lives and dies by its culture. Gone are the days of punching a time clock and hunkering down until retirement. High capacity people want to work for high capacity organizations, and high capacity organizations care about culture. Our...

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Published on: November 24, 2015

How Pastoral Care Stunts the Growth of Most Churches

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Of all the mysteries that shouldn’t be mysteries, why most churches remain small is perhaps the greatest. I’m sure there are a few leaders who want to keep their churches small, or who don’t care about growth. But most small church leaders and...

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Published on: November 22, 2015

The Burden and Fear of Handling theWord of God

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“…rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). The other day I posted this on Facebook…...

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Published on: October 21, 2015

The Paradox of Being Christian in a Success-Driven World

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If I’m honest with you, I’m weary of today’s model of success. Today’s success measures everything—from followers to likes. Today’s success values production more than anything else. Today’s success looks at the end-result while ignoring the process...

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Published on: October 4, 2015

How to Schedule Your Day for Maximum Productivity When You're Unemployed

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Though the first week of unemployment may feel like a vacation, it often doesn’t take long for feelings of frustration, worry and self-doubt to kick in. That’s why coming up with a game plan to map out your time during unemployment is critical no...

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Published on: October 1, 2015

25 Percent of Job Success Is Predicted by IQ—75 Percent Is Predicted by THIS

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The world tells us we must be smart to be successful and successful to be happy. But in his study of Harvard students, Shawn Acor uncovers astounding data that proves this formula is scientifically broken and backwards. IQ has little to do with job...

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Published on: September 22, 2015

10 People Who Became Wildly Successful After Facing Rejection

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Sometimes, you jump out of the gate with a great idea that you can polish and run with. Everything’s going well—until you get hit with a failure....

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Published on: September 15, 2015

Stop Trying to Balance Your Chaotic Life. Do This Instead.

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“Don’t be a do person, be a be person. You are not a human doing, you are a human being.” —Matthew Kelly “How do I balance God and school? How do I balance God and family? How do I balance family and career?” These questions plague...

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Success Articles

Eight Reasons Your Church Should Have an Email Newsletter

5 Reasons Leaders Tend to Micromanage

What Christians Should Look for in 2016

5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Copy a Mega-Church

How to Structure Your Church To Grow Past 200 Attenders

The 5 Costly Losses of a Vacant Church Staff Position

3 Characteristics of an Awesome Staff Culture

How Pastoral Care Stunts the Growth of Most Churches

The Burden and Fear of Handling theWord of God

The Paradox of Being Christian in a Success-Driven World

How to Schedule Your Day for Maximum Productivity When You're Unemployed

25 Percent of Job Success Is Predicted by IQ—75 Percent Is Predicted by THIS

10 People Who Became Wildly Successful After Facing Rejection

Stop Trying to Balance Your Chaotic Life. Do This Instead.