Leaders: If You Miss Family…You Miss (Almost) Everything
I’m a senior pastor, and I’m passionate about “leadership” issues. But I almost missed one of the biggest of them all, all because it had to do with kids and teenagers. While I have kids of my own, I...
View ArticleIs Your Vision Big Enough to Scare High Capacity Leaders?
I was on a call a few months ago with a friend I track with regularly. Darryn leads a growing church that has some pretty high capacity leaders around the table. On the call he said “I need to have a...
View ArticleThe New Counter-Culture: 8 Surprising Ways Christians Can Help
What if people in your ministry want to get better, but they don’t know how? What if you as a leader hold onto a counter-cultural gold mine you can’t see (because you’re so used to it) that could...
View Article11 Traits of Churches That Will Impact the Future
Almost every leader I talk to acknowledges that our culture is shifting. To reach a changing culture, the church needs to change. Rapidly. Don’t get me wrong, we don’t need to change the message. Just...
View ArticleHow To Reach Unchurched People Who Don’t Think They Need God
I read a survey the other day that made me literally sit up straight as I took notice. The number of people in Canada (my country) who profess “no religion” is now at 24%, up from 16.5% a decade...
View ArticleHow to Get Alignment, Agreement & Consensus Around Change
My guess is that, whatever you lead, you Want to lead an aligned organization See as much agreement in your organization as you can Find and cultivate consensus Let me go out on a limb here and guess...
View ArticleOne of the Best Leadership Questions You’ll Ever Hear
Okay, that’s a big claim. But that’s the category this falls into for me. I can’t get the question off my mind. I heard Michael Hyatt ask it and it’s proving to be extremely clarifying The question...
View ArticleStop Compromising: 5 Ways to Reduce Conflict in Your Church
Conflict can ruin almost anyone’s day. And sometimes in ruin’s an entire organization’s mission. Church leaders should deal with conflict well, but as a general rule, we don’t. And because of it, we...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Ministry Excuses You Absolutely Need to Stop Making
Excuses. We all make them from time to time. But we should banish them from our vocabulary forever. And here’s why I believe that’s so critical: You can make excuses, or you can make progress, but you...
View Article6 Traps Leaders Fall Into When They Don’t Like What They See
Naturally, there are things you love about the ministry or organization you lead. Probably lots of them. But chances are there are also a few things you don’t love. Maybe even a few things you see that...
View ArticleYoung Leader Mistake #3: Inadequate Leadership Development
Most things don’t start big. They start small. While we all want to see our mission and organization grow, nothing stunts the growth of a ministry faster than inadequate leadership development. It’s a...
View ArticleWhy Portable Church Should Be a Permanent Part of the Future
Chances are, the biggest and most memorable events you’ve been to in your life have happened in a set up/tear down venue: Concerts Conferences Weddings Parties Graduations The majority of these events...
View Article15 Ways to Be a Kinder, More Positive Leader
Everyone loves a great boss. And everyone loves to be led by a positive, kind, skilled leader. But it seems few people think they are led by a leader like that. The tone the leader sets is a major...
View ArticleAn Effective Way To Renew Passion Many Leaders Miss
Most of us would love passion to fuel our life and work every day. That’s always how it starts, right? When you begin something, it’s pretty much all passion. Whether you’ve felt a call into ministry,...
View ArticleLeadership Trends with Rich Birch – Episode 3
I’ve met an worked with a lot of people, but few I’ve met are as sharp or bring as unique a perspective to leadership as Rich Birch. Rich and I worked together for several years at Connexus. Prior to...
View ArticleHow to Get Good Feedback: 9 Ways to Learn the Truth About You
If you’re truly going to develop as a leader, you can’t do it without great feedback. The dilemma for a lot of us is that we long to hear ‘well done’. And we crave positive feedback enough that it’s...
View ArticleLeadership Trends with Ron Edmondson – Episode 5
How Creative Leadership Combats Decline I’m so excited to have Ron Edmondson on the blog today. Ron writes an excellent blog and has been named on of one of the top bloggers on Christian leadership....
View Article5 Epidemics the Mainline Church Must Address
I am a huge fan of the church. It is, and we are, the bride of Christ. The local church is the hope of the world. Which is why we should be relentlessly committed to ensuring we do the best we can...
View Article5 Epidemics the Evangelical Church Must Address
One of the very best ways to grow personally is to be 100% honest about your strengths and weaknesses. I feel that way about the local church, and about the wider church. At Connexus, where I serve as...
View Article5 Lessons About How People Unsubscribe from You & Your Church
It happens every day. People decide to stop following you as a leader, and, in all likelihood, every week people leave your church or organization. I don’t like that it happens (my heart still sinks a...
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