A pastor cannot go wrong by listening to the answers to these questions to ask your congregation. In fact, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of local ministry by processing what they reveal. But how do you regularly ask these revealing questions? There are at least two ways: Focus Groups: set up homogeneous groups based...
A new year begins and somehow everything becomes fresh and different. But it quickly has a tendency to become the same-old, same-old routine. Creativity is often elusive. Internal mental blocks and external critics stifle us. We know we want to be creative, but we often run out of ideas. After 3 decades of being a...
Churches need to collect stories and answer questions from their community. How do they do it effectively? Recently, a church posted on their social media page a request for questions they wanted to be answered in an upcoming sermon series. Something like, “do you have a burning Biblical question that you’ve always...
I have to confess I love politics. I love the election cycle. I love watching the debates. Politics is marketing gone wrong. People are tuning into a debate to do 1 of 3 things: Love their Candidate More, Decide Who to Vote For, Hate on The Opponent I notice that usually the moderator has a very simple...
Our family just got back from the beach. It was a great time of relaxation, family, and sunshine. But vacation is over. Back to School ads are everywhere and most Churches are planning for the fall. Are you ready? And what does that even mean? Will there be significant change? Or are you doing everything just...
