06/25/07 You Get What You Look For

When I work in a church with a large staff invariably two of three of the staff have all of the volunteers they need while the rest of the staff complain that no one in the church will volunteer to serve.  If there are ten full time paid staff,...

06/18/07 Measuring Results in Mission Impact (Part 4 of 4)

There are at least five ways to quantitatively measure mission involvement, and at least five ways to measure mission effectiveness. 

Measure mission involvement: These measurements are in ascending order of importance … from least significant...

06/11/07 Measuring Results in Spiritual Growth (Part 3 of 4)

Sure, spiritual growth is very personal, often unpredictable, and difficult to put into words. But it is really not as hard to measure as we may think. Count how many new small group leaders are moving through the process of identification,...

06/04/07 Measuring Results in Worship (Part 2 of 4)

The best way to start evaluating worship is to focus the mission goal of worship. Growing churches diversify worship options, not by style or time of day, but my mission purpose. Is it healing worship? Coaching worship? Educational worship?...