08/27/07 Being a Great Coachee

Over the years, I've worked with a number of folks as a church planting and church transformation coach. Some of the folks I've worked with have gone on to meet or exceed their goals. Others, however, either quit or remained stuck. In fact, in my...

08/20/07 Don’t “Masadaize” Your Members

One of the main reasons many effective churches stop growing is they so thoroughly take their new converts out of their social environments that over two or three years they lose all contacts with their pagan friends. Before becoming a Christian...

08/17/07 Tip Two: Work Towards Role Clarity

Inculating a Shared Leadership DNA

    The most common threat to shared leadership DNA in organizations is role confusion among the organization’s various leadership elements. This shows up as an absence of clarity regarding the...

08/13/07 Mission Statements That Inspire

I read a lot of Mission or Vision statements from a lot of different churches.  Most of them don’t turn me on and if they won’t turn me on there is a good chance they won’t turn on anyone other than churched people. They are mostly:

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08/06/07 Planting a Church 2007

If you are going to plant a church, here is my sense of it in 2007. 

1.  Find your heart burst, what you just can’t live without doing—life is too short to live boring lives...

2.  Get a job.  A job that will support you and...