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Oct 22, 2011
Ministry Excellence: More ministry for less money
All indications seem to point to a fundamental economic shift taking place in our country, and indeed globally. This shift may well impact the amount of money that is available for ministry and the days of year over year automatic increases may be coming to an end. This is not necessarily a bad thing in that it forces ministries to think carefully about how they use the resources they have and to...
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Sep 27, 2011
Don't get caught in the church numbers game
What spells success for a local church? For many pastors the answer is how many attend their church. I drove by a Unitarian church with a full parking lot on Sunday. By our common definition of success they had achieved it - or the Mormon temple two blocks from my house that draws a full crowd. Seen in that light we realize that numbers are not everything and sometimes are nothing when it comes to...
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Aug 09, 2011
Bigger is often not better
As one who works with ministries and ministry leaders I often hear rather dramatic plans for income expansion along with a tendency to believe that more ministry requires more people. I would offer some suggestions to think about coming out of many years of ministry leadership.
One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
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One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
Aug 09, 2011
Bigger is often not better
As one who works with ministries and ministry leaders I often hear rather dramatic plans for income expansion along with a tendency to believe that more ministry requires more people. I would offer some suggestions to think about coming out of many years of ministry leadership.
One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
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One: Bigger is not necessarily better. Bigger does not necessarily translate into greater ministry impact but what it does...
Jul 29, 2011
Organizational Renewal or Decline
All organizations including businesses, ministries, missions and congregations have a predictable life cycle of missional growth, a plateau and then a slow slide into decline - unless there is direct and intentional interventionby leaders to renew the organization from within on a regular basis. All of us can name churches, for instance, that were once vibrant and missional but are not struggling...
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Jul 29, 2011
Organizational Renewal or Decline
All organizations including businesses, ministries, missions and congregations have a predictable life cycle of missional growth, a plateau and then a slow slide into decline - unless there is direct and intentional interventionby leaders to renew the organization from within on a regular basis. All of us can name churches, for instance, that were once vibrant and missional but are not struggling...
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Mar 09, 2011
Champions and systems
A wise person has observed that “nothing starts without a champion and nothing lasts without a system.”
That truth explains the reason that many organizations (including churches) that start well do not continue on that trajectory and eventually plateau out. And why other organizations and churches are able to transition into long term effectiveness.
Champions are those individuals who have the...
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