Church Management
Should You “Stalk” Prospective Church Staff On Social Media?
Today’s post is a guest post by Tim Stevens, a team leader with the Vanderbloemen Search Group, and the former executive pastor at Granger Community Church, in Indiana. During his twenty years there, he helped grow the church to more than 5,000 gathering weekly in three locations and saw a worldwide impact. Facebook. Twitter. Tumblr.…
Read MoreInfographic: The 3 “M’s” of Church Finance Leadership
As leaders, we crave progress. We love it when our church is moving forward, when ministry is happening, when people are being saved, and when it just feels like we’ve got momentum. One component of church leadership is financial. If you’re a senior or lead pastor and you’re reading this, chances are you approve the…
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How To Derail Your Ministry And Life In 2015
“Busyness leads to barrenness.” That’s a quote I heard from a pastor a long time ago. He was talking about our tendency to neglect our relationship with God as our schedules fill up and the responsibilities of life crowd out what’s most important. It’s an obvious point, right? I mean, we’re pastors and church leaders.…
Read MoreWarning: This Mistake Will Wreak Havoc On Your Church Budget
Benjamin Franklin has a famous quote that goes something like this: “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” One of the biggest mistakes people make with their personal finances is not planning for an unexpected emergency. That’s why the first “baby step” in Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace program is creating a $1000 emergency fund.…
Read MoreHow to Create an Effective Meeting Rhythm with Your Church Staff
Great staff meetings are few and far between. Most of them just occupy space on the calendar and take us away from stuff we’d rather be doing. Let’s face it, you’ve sat through plenty of meetings and thought, “Why am I even here?” And you’ve LED staff meetings that left everybody feeling less than enthusiastic.…
Read MoreHow to Create Sustainable Church Growth
In the church world, most of us rely on short term tactics to grow and bust through issues. Giving is a little behind, so the preacher talks about money. That’s a responsive tactic. They need some more volunteers in the children’s ministry. Time to pull out the Acts 6 sermon or the VBS video. That’s…
Read MoreHow to Make A Church Budget Sexy (It’s Possible…)
Does your church budget look like this? Or does it look like this? Here is the deal… Nobody cares about the church budget except the people in charge of it. However, people care about people. The way to make your staff care about the budget is to make it come alive through pictures and stories.…
Read MoreWhat Do You Do When Your Church Budget Gets Tight?
We have all had weeks and months where we did everything the same and the giving didn’t meet our expectations. I get asked a lot about what to do when income isn’t coming in as expected. What should you do? The majority of pastors don’t do anything or they start using guilt; neither of these…
Read MoreThree Documents Every Church Needs
There’s a lot of significance to the number three in the Bible. Of course, there’s the trinity. Jesus rose on the third day. And they say Peter, James and John were the three closest disciples. There are three primary colors, three holes in a bowling ball, and Huey, Louie and Dewey will always be my…
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