The Real Iniquity of the Church Growth Movement
In this provocative chapter 3, I surprise the reader by having lot's of positive stuff to say about the Church Growth Movement. I argue that great learning abounded during this era, from brilliant, godly people. I suggest that the vast [...]
4 Momentum Killers of Too Many Goals
As a follow-up to yesterdays post on What's Wrong with Strategic Planning, I wanted to share these four momentum killers. They are found in the fallacy of the "silo builder" in Chapter 2, The Fall of Strategic Planning. Why are [...]
What's Wrong with Strategic Planning? #cuvlog
In this vlog post I cover Chapter 2 of Church Unique, entitled The Fall of Strategic Planning. This is a sensitive subject because many consider me a strategic planning guy. I would say that I am and I am not. [...]
A Big Question for Max Lucado
Here is the story of asking Max to write the foreword of Church Unique. [...]
Church Unique Vlog Kick-off: Why I Wrote the Book
Since I am headed out on vacation for a bit, I thought I would share some nuggets from each chapter of the book. I hope you summer is going well! [...]
The Art of Not Being There Part 2: Building a Vision Team
This is the first post to announce a tool that I have been working on with Group Publishing, called the Church Unique Vision Kit. The Kit is designed for church planters and churches under 400 in worship attendance who want [...]
4 Keys to Intense, Creative Productivity
I am currently spending "time away" to work and write on a Church Unique follow-up piece. In pursuit of time filled with intense personal production and high creativity, I have found these four ingredients to be essential:#1 Create or find [...]
