Monday's Catch: "5 Essentials Every Church Constitution Needs To Thrive In The Future" and More

5 Essentials Every Church Constitution Needs To Thrive In The Future

Your leadership can have incredible vision and strategy, but an outdated constitution and governance system can slow you to a snail’s pace. This is true for denominational churches, congregational churches and almost any church that has a constitution and governance system based on a tradition more than a decade old. Antiquated governance systems are plaguing much of the Church today. Read More

Six Common Problems with Church Bylaws

Church bylaws are often used in ways that hurt churches. Indeed, some churches use bylaws well beyond their original intent. Let me briefly touch on six common problems with them. Read More

The Looming Pastoral Succession Crisis And Why It’s Already Bad

Ultimately, there’s no success without succession. Your leadership isn’t really that effective if things go downhill, collapse or become miserable when you leave. Read More

Church Succession: How to Lead Our Churches into a Healthy Future

As pastors age, they can prepare so that the transition of leadership in their churches passes smoothly and their churches are set to stay on a healthy trajectory. Read More

You Are Totally (Not) Depraved: How to Recover Positive Self-Image

Christians should have a positive view of themselves — in Christ. Read More

Why Some Churches Are Doing Away with "Children's Church"

I pastored two churches that had a “children’s church” (a separate worship time for elementary kids while teens and adults worshiped in the church auditorium). Our folks prepared hard to help the children learn and worship well. More recently, though, I’m seeing a trend away from this approach. Here are the concerns I’ve heard....

Read More How to Not Be an Online Troll

Here are three ways to ensure that your online conversation is “gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person” (Col. 4:6). Read More