by Scott Ball | Aug 16, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Evaluations, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Turnaround Pastors, Vision
Not everyone has the “right stuff.” We often tell our children that they can be anything they want to be, but this isn’t entirely true. It’s a nice sentiment, but it’s just false. At this point in life, my chances of being a professional...
by A.J. Mathieu | Aug 12, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Disciple Making, Great Commission, Leadership, Turnaround Pastors
I had a conversation with a business consultant, a lay leader that contacted me on behalf of his church. He wanted to discuss how they could turn around after years of declining attendance. In the course of the conversation he mentioned a need to be more...
by Scott Ball | Aug 5, 2019 | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Community Outreach, Leadership, Turnaround Pastors, Vision
The world is full of darkness. The endless news of violence, tragedy, and pain is enough to make a person never want to leave their house. We know that the world has been dark since the fall of mankind, but the darkness in our age feels even darker and more...
by Scott Ball | May 28, 2019 | Church Health, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development, Strategic Planning, TMG Live
There are a lot of well-meaning people who will try and tell you that your church can grow through the summer. Perhaps their church will. Perhaps your church could. But maybe pressing the gas pedal down through the summer isn’t the best plan. Maybe your church...
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | Church Culture, Church Governance, Church Growth, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Recruitment
Being a Solo Pastor is difficult work. I can relate. For over 20 years I worked as a small-business computer consultant. In the beginning I was just happy to have work but expected that I would grow into a larger business with employees. My business would ebb and...
by admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Christian Life, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Recruitment
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” – Jesus Luke 10:2 reminds us of the uncomfortable truth about recruiting volunteers: there will always be more work than there are people willing to do the work. Obviously that was true in the...
