Why are most churches small?
The common wisdom is that they’re stuck. They’re broken. They must be doing something wrong. If they’d get their act together and fix what’s wrong, they’d start getting bigger.
Certainly, all of that does apply to many ...
There are two big myths about the way we view churches of various sizes.
Myth #1: Big churches got big because they compromised their message, stole sheep or had some special advantage unavailable to other churches.
Myth #2: Small churches stay small because they’re lazy, ...
Why don’t more small church pastors attend church leadership conferences?
It’s not because we’re lazy, uninformed or don’t want to learn. It’s because of several significant, but removable roadblocks that keep most of us from coming.
In recent years, ...
In nearly 40 years of pastoral ministry, I’ve learned so much from other pastors.
And it hasn’t just been from pastors of big churches. Pastors of small churches have taught me a lot, also.
Typically, I get one type of wisdom from those in big churches, and a different ...
They say you reveal your character, not when things are going well, but when the chips are down.
Not when everyone’s watching, but when no one sees what you do.
That’s true.
But it’s only part of the truth.
A Reversal Of Character
Some people seem to have the character ...
Great ideas are disruptive.
They don’t follow common wisdom.
But after you hear them, you often think, “of course! How did I not see that all along?”
In church leadership today, there’s no more common wisdom than this: if your church is not increasing in ...
There are two equal, but opposite mistakes we make when it comes to discovering a church’s mission.
First extreme: find out what the cool churches are doing and copy that.
Second extreme: find something no other church is doing and pursue that.
The first extreme is an obvious ...
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