How to Measure Real Church Growth
What are your ministry outputs?
When church leaders think about growth, they default to measuring people's participation, not their production.
[...]Five Steps for Courageously Tweaking Your Ministry
Step One: Ask "Who?"Consider who created the pattern, the model, "the how" of your particular ministry area or ministry responsibility. Did it come from a book, another church (conference), the previous pastor? Someone was the designer. Who was it?Step Two: [...]
The Main Thing the Church can Learn from Steve Jobs
As I reflect on Steve Job's resignation this week, I am grateful for how his achievements inspire my own thinking. Here are some updated thoughts on a post I wrote from 18-months ago. Whatever your opinion of the Apple products, [...]
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 [...]
6 Extremely Powerful Questions for Simple Ministry Design
This is the second post related to a forthcoming ebook. The first post was titled the Tyranny of More, (6 Common Myths that Drive Churches to Do Too Much) You can still comment there to ensure a free copy of the [...]
4 Reasons Why Simple Ministry Design = Vibrant Growth in Your Church
As I put the polishing touches on some of the Church Unique Vision Kit stuff, I am a reviewing 4 reasons why simple design equals vibrant growth. I think of these reasons as a two-sided coin. One side is the [...]
