by Summer Morris What kind of legacy is your church leaving in your community? When folks from your community drive by your campus or your church is mentioned, what do people say? The answer to this question is just as important as what the folks inside your building are saying! Our witness to our community […]
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by Greg Anderson As a church prayerfully wrestles with its future, it is wise to ask and answer two very important questions: What is our church’s vision? What is our church’s mission? If no one in your church can answer those questions, then you have some serious work to do. Why are vision and mission […]
Authors : Greg Anderson
Tags : Strategic Planning, Vision and Mission
by Evertt W. Huffard Paul’s vision was clear—to increase thanksgiving to the honor of God by extending grace to more people. His strategy involved daily spiritual renewal because he focused on things that were unseen and eternal (2 Cor 4:15-18). Once God extended Paul’s horizon beyond Asia Minor, his vision was stretched to Macedonia […]
Authors : Evertt Huffard
Tags : Strategic Planning
by Matthew Soper Many people make special contributions at the end of the year. Some want to avail themselves of the tax advantage. Others realize they fell behind on their planned giving and want to make it up. Still others receive bonuses or end-of-year gifts and want to give a portion of these. Giving Rocket, […]
Authors : Matthew Soper
by Matthew Soper In my thirty years as a preacher of four congregations and now in my work as an interim minister, I continue to stress the importance to church leaders of pursuing integrity and excellence in how finances are handled. This honors God, inspires confidence from the congregation, and contributes greatly to congregational health […]
Authors : Matthew Soper
by Matthew Soper I was baptized into Christ at age 21 and moved to Houston for my first job after college. My second job was 100% commission sales. I had already committed to first-fruits tithing but I was earnestly perplexed about how to do that with uncertain income. I approached an elder at my church […]
Authors : Matthew Soper
by Matthew Soper Most congregations have a budget process for formulating the next year’s planned income and expenses. At the least, they add an inflation percentage and essentially recreate the present budget. At the most, they “tear down to the studs” and do a zero-based budget, which involves critically examining all ministry spending. A general […]
Authors : Matthew Soper
by Scott Laird Robert J. Clinton researched and wrote a lot about leaders and leadership development. The theory connected to his work is “Leadership Emergence Theory” based on research of biblical characters and modern Christian leaders. By 2012 he had processed over 7,000 case studies.[1] His theory argues that God works in sovereign and providential ways […]
Authors : Scott Laird
Tags : Continual Learning, Finishing Well
by Rodney Plunket In exploring the biblical narrative of Exodus, we uncover a thought-provoking pattern of the Israelites’ wavering faith in their leaders, Moses and Aaron, as they journey through the desert. This pattern serves as a powerful example of the dynamics of leadership and followership within a church family. Through a careful examination of […]
Authors : Rodney Plunket
Tags : Continual Learning
by Steven Carrizal The pastoral role of church leaders is a calling that puts us on holy ground as we are invited into a space of vulnerability. It is also a role for which it is easy to continually feel ill-equipped no matter how much training or experience a leader has in such situations. From […]
Authors : Steven Carrizal
Tags : Continual Learning, Listening
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