Let’s keep first things first. Having a first-rate experience for newcomers should never be about becoming the coolest church in your town. It should always be about evangelism. In the past, I’ve written about how our treatment of guests and our...
Your website is the 21st-century front door of your church. It will be a rare guest who did not first check you out online. Why? Because people value information and comfort, and knowing as much about you as possible will put them more at ease in coming to visit...
Core values are the hidden hand in your church. Your values make decisions for you when you operate out of default. The actual values of your church determine most of the choices you make. The problem is that what you actually value may not line-up...
“Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.” – Isaiah 43:18 At some point in your church’s past, someone may have said “We really need to identify our core values,” so you did. Perhaps a previous pastor saw...
Your church will never be able to be fully healthy if you do not operate out of a clearly defined mission. Aubrey Malphurs puts it this way: “You’ll never do ministry that matters until you clearly articulate what matters.” That’s the heart of...
Everything starts and ends with mission. Almost every church we work with already has a mission statement for some sort. Usually it was written by a committee or board. Sometimes it was written by the pastor by himself—or a pastor who has long since left the church....
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