Rick Warren http://www.pastors.com Used by Permission September 2015 Should Pastors ever talk about money? Only if you want to make disciples. What we worship shows in how we spend our time, our energy, and our money. So one of the roles of church leaders is to help people see the proper place of money in our lives and the potential …
Top Ten Ways Churches Drive Away First-time Guests
Thom Rainer http://www.pastors.com Used by Permission If you attend a church regularly, you’ve probably noticed the phenomenon. A guest shows up for a worship service, but he or she never returns. It is, unfortunately, a common issue in many churches. I did a Twitter poll to ask these first-time guests why they chose not to return to a particular church. …
Seven Deadly Thoughts of Leaders
By the time we hear of a leadership failure, any attempts at intervention to save the leader are usually futile. The damage has been done. The family or organization suffers as their leader has fallen or, at the very least, made a major mistake. Most great leadership failures; however, don’t begin with some stupid action. The leader usually has thoughts …
Why The “Leadership Movement” Is Leaving Your Church Leaderless
Mike Breen (From Catalyst Monthly) Leadership is one of the most over-used and overwrought topics in Christian ministry today. Yet for all the books, blogs, and conferences, there are two staggering realities we must come to grips with: First, while most churches believe they have leadership development programs, in actuality they have programs that recruit and train volunteers. A volunteer is …