by admin | Sep 17, 2018 | Church Finances, Church Growth, Church Health, Evaluations, Leadership
Building a budget has got to be the least attractive part of going into ministry. I remember when I received the call from the Lord to go into ministry when I was in junior high school. I had dreams of sharing the gospel, comforting the down-trodden. I had a passion...
by Scott Ball | Sep 11, 2018 | Church Finances, Church Growth, Church Health, Leadership
When was the last time your church presented a sermon about money? Money can be a difficult topic for many Pastors to speak about with their congregations. So often I hear a pastor saying he avoids talking about money because he doesn’t want to have a reputation...
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 A.J. Mathieu | Oct 11, 2016 | Coaching, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Staff Development
There’s something genuinely disappointing about being out in nature—on a beach, in the woods, above tree line on the way to the top of a mountain—and discovering that someone had left behind a bottle, wrapper, container, cigarette butt or the like. You many not feel...
by Scott Ball | Sep 29, 2016 | Church Health, Communication, Developing Leaders, Leadership, Staff Development
A church’s most valuable asset is its leadership; so you must be careful not to burn out your team. In our collective decades of ministry and consulting experience, we have seen again and again how churches that lack healthy leadership eventually struggle. To be...
