by Scott Ball | Jan 2, 2017 | Church Consulting, Church Growth, Church Revitalization, Evaluations, Leadership, Podcast, Strategic Planning
Your church will never go where you are not intentionally leading it. If you want to lose twenty pounds, but never go on a diet or exercise, it will not happen. If you want to retire with a nest egg, but never save and invest, it will not happen....
by A.J. Mathieu | Nov 22, 2016 | Church Growth, Church Health, Communication, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development
“Leadership Pipeline” remains a popular buzzword in business and ministry, and for good reason. We do need to be developing leaders at all levels of our organizations. Active, growing, thriving organization cultivate leaders in order to fill new...
by Scott Ball | Aug 9, 2016 | Church Growth, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Sunday Secret Shopper, Vision
Back to school, back to church. Throughout the country, churches of all sizes and denominations experience a bump in fall church attendance. Congregations benefit from people wanting to get back into the rhythm of “normal” life after the crazy summertime...
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 | Sep 26, 2015 | Church Growth, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Recruitment
To lead others well, a leader must know what is expected of those being led. In businesses, the leader or HR department creates a “job description”, which attracts qualified candidates for a given position. That job description helps the leader determine...
