Saturday Lagniappe: "3 Lessons on Church Change From Nehemiah" and More

3 Lessons on Church Change From Nehemiah

If your church is not changing, it’s not growing. I heard someone once say, “Don’t be afraid of change. You might lose something good, but you’ll gain something better.” However, bringing change in a church is often difficult. One of the greatest leaders of all time, Nehemiah, effected change in the setting that surrounded the building of the wall around Jerusalem. He modeled for leaders three essentials necessary to bring change. Read More

Four Key Words For Developing Church Core Values

Core Values are the guard rails that keep a church focused on its mission. Therefore, it’s important to take the time to get them right. There are several traps churches fall prey to when addressing core values. While every church has core values, they are not always clearly identified and articulated well. Many churches rush to identify what their core values “should” be, and quickly throw them on a website. But over time, visitors and members will easily see that the written values are disconnected from reality. In other cases, the values are produced without conviction and connection to the leaders of the organization. In such cases, an idealized or mistaken view of the organization and its leadership is presented. Read More

5 Leadership Lessons I’ve Learnt From Failure

Steve Fogg shares five leadership lessons that he learned from a "brilliant" idea of his that in his own words "bombed," "really sucked." Read More

Record and Share Your Sermon with this Simple Process

Recording and sharing sermons on the church website is not a new concept, but for many of us in smaller churches the concept and process can seem daunting. Today, I want to show you an extremely easy way to record and share your sermon this week with this simple process. Read More

Shake It Off? Secular Songs on Sunday Morning

As Scripture makes abundantly clear, certain qualities should define our worship, including our times of corporate singing.... Beyond these guidelines, the specifics of style and form can vary greatly; there is more than one right way to worship in church. Nevertheless, every choice we make — from style to production to lyrics — can drastically shape our faith.Read More

Missions Is Church Planting - Or It's Not Really Christian Missions

When we’re talking about Christian missions, we ought to be talking about doing the things that lead to the formation of churches. Read More