Are people coming to—and staying—at your church because you’re there? If you left tomorrow, or five years from now, would it still thrive? Do you lead a personality-driven church (that personality being you!)?
In a church and cultural landscape where pastors have become best-selling authors, known TV personalities, sought-after speakers, magazine cover images and prominent voices through blogs and social media, these are some of the difficult questions many of today’s church leaders must ask, say church consultant Brad Abare and TV/film producer Phil Cooke.
Both Abare and Cooke work with congregations nationwide. As director of communications for the Foursquare Church and founder of the Center for Church Communication, Abare helps churches identify their core values and engage their local communities. Cooke, founder and president of Los Angeles-based Cooke Pictures, partners with churches and ministries to create a national or international platform. Both have an inside view of churches and the pastors who lead them.
Below is some of the counsel Abare and Cooke provided to churches wanting to sustain healthy growth and learn to pass on ministry to the next generation.... Read more
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