Vision Deck Giveaway
I'm giving away some Vision Decks! This tool can be so helpful and so easy to use with your team. Check out the full post to see how to claim one while they last!
[...]Church Metrics 101: The Top 20 Things to Measure About Your Church
Church metrics is an important subject for church leaders. Below you will find 20 very important, if not the most important things you should know about your church. Keep in mind that these are things to measure about your church [...]
Photocopy This: 6 Reasons Why Context Informs Strategy
The American philosopher John Dewey said, "I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context." Could it also be said of church leaders today that our most pervasive fallacy of [...]
Why State Why? Top 10 Reasons to Articulate Values
On a recent post, Revisit Your DNA, I was asked by Kevin Rossen if it's worth even stating values. I wish this was a silly question, but it's not. It's easy to run into weak examples of values articulation and [...]
Copycat Church: Are You Following the Spirit or Following Trends?
Neue is a new quarterly journal by Relevant Media that just rereleased with a more readable magazine format and leadership savvy content. The tagline is "Ideas Shaping the Future of the Church." A very short article by Scot McKnight (his blog) was a [...]
10 Distinctives of Culture-shaping vs. Church-building Leadership
Pastors who shape culture... #1 Don't rely on systems and structure to the neglect of relationships #2 Value listening skills as much as speaking skills #3 See vision as a state of mind not a statement #4 Are motivated more by contextual faithfulness than [...]
