I am excited to introduce Faith-Based, a book that encapsulates much of what I have learned in over ten years of helping to lead churches through a variety of planning processes, and fifteen years of helping to lead teams in the corporate sector. Faith-Based is a comprehensive guide to strategic planning in the church, and serves to assist and equip churches, …
New AND Established Churches Together
“How do we avoid a “manifest destiny” attitude when planting in an area that already has churches in it? In other words, how do we show that we want to work WITH other local churches as opposed to doing things BETTER than those local churches? I want to suggest a two pronged approach: 1. Approach the existing churches in your …
The Adaptive Challenge
Many pastoral leaders are overwhelmed by operational leadership challenges – day to day activities to keep the “ship afloat.” Submitting to the tyranny of the urgent is a common malady. As a colleague/coach/consultant of pastors, I hear this complaint more often than any other. Therefore, when I suggest that at least twenty percent of the pastoral leader’s time should be …