by A.J. Mathieu | Dec 9, 2020 | Church Consulting, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Podcast, Strategic Planning, Values
Church Revitalization Podcast – Episode 67 “Is your church healthy?” is not intended to be a rhetorical question. Every church leader should constantly be asking it of their ministry. Some say “no”, but most say “yes.” When asked why they think...
by Scott Ball | Sep 16, 2020 | Church Consulting, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Disciple Making, Small Groups
When the Covid crisis hit, every church made the pivot to online everything: online worship, online groups, online prayer. And while online services have primarily hit their stride (if your online worship is tanking, read this), small group ministries have struggled...
by Scott Ball | Jul 21, 2020 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Culture, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Podcast, Staff Development, Vision
Have you ever felt like you were destined to be a better leader? The Peter Principle tells us that people in an organization will rise to the level of their incompetence. That’s a tough thing to hear, but it’s generally true. Put simply, if you’re...
by Scott Ball | Jul 14, 2020 | Church Culture, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Culture, Leadership, Multi-Ethnic Church, Podcast, Vision
How’s that weekly staff meeting going for you? Church leadership and staff teams get bogged down by the day-to-day grind, but it doesn’t have to be that way. When vision is established, creating a plan of attack is critical in reaching the big goals, but...
by Scott Ball | Jul 9, 2020 | Church Culture, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Culture, Leadership, Multi-Ethnic Church, Podcast, Vision
Cool. Calm. Collected. Unemotional. For the longest time, seminaries have tried to churn out pastors who embody those words. The assumption is that if we can simply preach the Bible as it is, exegete a text, people will change. This is all that is required to lead a...
by Scott Ball | Jun 10, 2020 | Church Culture, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Culture, Leadership, Multi-Ethnic Church, Podcast, Vision
You have an unprecedented opportunity to let 2020 be the most pivotal year for positive change your church has ever seen. The Internet is filled with memes that joke about how 2020 is one long disaster story. In many ways it’s true. We started the year with an...