Leadership
How to Recruit More Church Leaders With the 20% Rule
I recently addressed the challenge of not having enough volunteers in the post 3 Strategies For Church Volunteers Recruitment. However, the thought of adding more volunteers to the team may be overwhelming. You are maxed out. You are doing everything you can to keep up with your responsibilities and the people who are already on…
Read More3 Strategies For Church Volunteers Recruitment
I Don’t Have Enough Volunteers! This time of year can be quite fun as the worship services and other ministry environments fill up again. The challenge, of course, is that it takes people to minister to people. It’s right about now that the harsh reality begins to set in–we need more volunteers. When that happens,…
Read MoreThree Tips For Recruiting Church Leaders
There’s a big difference between a volunteer and a leader. A volunteer in your church will move stuff around. A leader will move stuff forward. Both are important, but leaders will provide exponential growth. A lot of churches struggle with engaging, inspiring and working with volunteers. But we’re even worse when it comes to recruiting…
Read MoreFour Steps to Create Effective Church Systems
Back in 2006, I attended the Drive Conference with Andy Stanley. In my notebook, I wrote down something he said in a session about volunteer systems: Your system is perfectly designed to produce the results you’re getting. So, if you want better results, you have to improve the system. That got me thinking about…
Read More20 Leadership Quotes and Lessons From Greg Surratt
We’re at the ARC (Association of Related Churches) conference this week. Here are 20 Leadership Quotes On Ministry from Greg Surratt – Lead Pastor of SeaCoast Church and President of ARC who spoke on Longevity In Ministry. Weariness and discouragement are the occupational hazards of church planting. Staffs are wonderful and also cause a lot of…
Read More29 Leadership Lessons From Matt Adair
In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company attended the Velocity 2014 Conference. This was an incredible conference and should be on every church planter’s list for 2015. Matt Adair, Lead Pastor of Christ Community Church in Athens, GA and Director of Operations for the Acts 29 Network, conducted a ministry-changing…
Read More58 Leadership Quotes On Casting Vision From Derwin Gray
In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company is attending the Velocity 2014 Conference and will be live-blogging throughout the event. This is an incredible conference which should be on every church planter’s list for equipping and training. Derwin Gray, Lead Pastor of the great Transformation Church in Charlotte, is…
Read More26 Leadership Quotes and Lessons From William VanderBloemen and Jeff Vanderstelt
In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company is attending the Velocity 2014 Conference and will continue to be live-blogging throughout the event. For anyone involved in church planting, this is a can’t-miss event. Jeff Vanderstelt is a pastor at Soma Communities, an A29 church in Tacoma, WA. He delivered a…
Read More45 Leadership Quotes and Lessons from Velocity 2014
In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company is attending the Velocity 2014 Conference and will be live-blogging throughout the event. For anyone involved in church planting, this is a can’t-miss event. Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor of COMMUNITY in Chicago, and Shawn Lovejoy, Lead Pastor of Mountain Lake Church, opened with…
Read MoreA Church Finance Story, And God’s Miracle
The testimony below is a story we received from Pastor Michael Acker. We hope you find it encouraging. Many church leaders and christians hear either the bad stories of what happens at churches, or they hear the HUGE stories of what God is doing in the BIG churches. But, I wanted to share about what…
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