by Scott Ball | Jul 27, 2016 | Church Culture, Church Governance, Church Health, Leadership
Churches without leadership accountability have a one-way ticket to organizational implosion. This isn’t an overstatement. It’s the truth. When pastors lack effective accountability, eventually the ministry will fail. That’s why leadership culture is...
by Aubrey Malphurs | May 11, 2016 | Christian Life, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Turnaround Pastors
“Why aren’t more people coming to worship with my church?” To some extent, I think every pastor and servant leader in the church has asked this question at one time or another. It is natural. You want to make a greater impact. But everyone experiences a lull at some...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Mar 30, 2016 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
Your busyness diminishes your productivity. When your church does everything, it usually ends up doing few things well. When you get involved in everything or focus on too many things at once, you end up accomplishing less of what you wanted to do. You begin to see...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Dec 10, 2015 | Church Culture, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Disciple Making
So many people fight for the survival of their church at all costs. I’m sure most mean well, but what’s wrong with killing the church to save the church? I should probably explain…as many will undoubtedly voice concern about why we should save the...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Oct 22, 2015 | Church Culture, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Leadership Development, Recruitment, Staff Development
“How do we get from here to there?” is a question that I get frequently. Church leaders want to transition their church from where they are to where they would like to be. Many, many church leaders would like to transition from constantly shepherding,...
by Scott Ball | Aug 18, 2015 | Church Culture, Developing Leaders, Evaluations, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
I came across a quiz the other day that tested if you could identify if a quote was from Kanye West or Jean Ralphio Saperstein from Parks and Recreation. I only got six correct. How well can you identify narcissistic individuals? And what does that have to do...