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The Power of Core Values
I believe it was Jerry McGuire who said, “I began writing what they call a mission statement. Not a memo; a mission statement…you know, a suggestion for the future of our company. I entitled it ‘The Things We Think, and Do Not Say’.” Now as far as mission statements...
Your message is only effective if it is received
Ministry and discipleship within local congregations is all about relationships. Do you know the best ways to maintain those relationships?
Preachers And Crumbling Platforms, a Five-Fold Way Forward, Part 2
Churches should reimagine preaching as a communication intended to launch practices. Sunday sermons should inspire new practices that impact the immediate community and the neighborhood. Preaching should move away from helping individuals in their relationship with...
Preachers and Crumbling Platforms, A Five-Fold Way Forward, Part 1
The subject for this short 2-part article series is discerning a way forward with preaching that makes disciples and rejects celebrity platforms
Incorporating Your Vision
Several years ago, a group of friends and I wanted to start a new nonprofit organization. We spent countless hours in the months leading up to the launch of this venture, dreaming and planning. Still, like most other start-ups, we focused most of this time on vision...
The Church Budget and its Impact on Stewardship
The church is not a business. Often times we use a statement like that to give ourselves permission to not be good planners. The thought is that since we aren’t selling a product or service we shouldn’t be using any kind of business principles to help lead a local...
A sizable engine funding mission is debt…
You might logically conclude that the organizational growth of the church today, like the first-century church, is limited by Christians around the world’s ability to fund the movement. To some degree, that’s correct, but a different and sizeable engine funding ministry today is debt. Driving movement with debt creates a stewardship issue that raises essential questions of ministry sustainability.
Vision, Mission, Measurable Impact?
Where most nonprofit organizations fall short.
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