How to Build a Discipleship Pathway
Churches are great at filling the calendar. Most churches have no shortage of programs, events, and fellowships. Yet most churches somehow struggle to…
Category: Strategic Planning
Leveraging the Summer Slump
There are a lot of well-meaning people who will try and tell you that your church can grow through the summer. Maybe your church shouldn’t try to go…
Three Tips for Better Assimilation
We’ve all been there. A guest comes. A guest leaves. A guest never comes back. We scratch our heads and wonder, “What happened? Was it…
Four Questions Young Families Ask When Looking for a Church
The church is bleeding fastest among its youth. If your church has seen decline in recent years, you likely know this to be true at…
Ministry Goals: Five Winning Characteristics
Your church will never go where you are not intentionally leading it. If you want to lose twenty pounds, but never go on a diet…
10 Ways to Maximize Fall Church Attendance
Back to school, back to church. Throughout the country, churches of all sizes and denominations experience a bump in fall church attendance. Congregations benefit from…
5 Ways Pastors are Preparing for Strategic Planning in the Church
Every church our team works with consistently asks what they should do next. It is hard to have it all figured out. Pastoral ministry is tough.…
14 Ways to Better Understand Your Community
One of the best ways to reach your community is to take the time to understand your community and what makes it unique. In Acts 1:8,…
The Need for Church Planting and Revitalization
The strategic emphasis in most denominational or network circles is on church planting. I suspect that few would disagree with this, as it builds up new…
Baptizing Your Church Through Revitalization
Statisticians generally agree that church attendance in America is on the decline. This issue remains challenging to understand, yet also carries just as many opinions on…