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 | Dec 10, 2019 | Church Governance, Church Revitalization, Developing Leaders, Disciple Making, Evaluations, Podcast, Staff Development
Thriving churches maximize the leadership potential of their board, staff, and volunteer teams. If your church isn’t achieving your vision, there is likely a problem with the leadership. The journey to maximizing your leaders begins with implementing systems of...
by Scott Ball | Dec 2, 2019 | Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Culture, Developing Leaders, Podcast, Recruitment
I’ve never encountered a church that has too many volunteers. Most of the churches we talk to are struggling to get enough volunteers in ministries like children, students, and hospitality. Believe it or not, your church has all the volunteers you need to be...
by Aubrey Malphurs | Dec 16, 2015 | Developing Leaders, Leadership Development
Pastor Bill Hybels once said that Christ’s church is the hope of the world, and leadership is the hope of the church. In light of this, we discover that the reason so many churches are struggling in North America and beyond results from poor or nonexistent leadership....
by Aubrey Malphurs | Dec 4, 2015 | Church Health, Leadership, Leadership Development
A healthy church begins with healthy church leaders. It’s easy to assume someone serving “in ministry” has things all together, but you and I both know this can certainly be far from the truth at times. Church leaders are human, which means they are...