How to Recruit a Healthy Church Board

How to Recruit a Healthy Church Board

Serving on your church’s board is a privilege. It is a huge responsibility and a calling, but also a blessing. I have had the joy of serving on multiple church boards over the years and am wrapping up a six-year term on my church’s elder board this year....
How to Evaluate Leaders: Volunteers, Staff, & Board

How to Evaluate Leaders: Volunteers, Staff, & Board

Thriving churches maximize the leadership potential of their board, staff, and volunteer teams. If your church isn’t achieving your vision, there is likely a problem with the leadership. The journey to maximizing your leaders begins with implementing systems of...
Moving People from Sitting to Serving

Moving People from Sitting to Serving

I’ve never encountered a church that has too many volunteers. Most of the churches we talk to are struggling to get enough volunteers in ministries like children, students, and hospitality. Believe it or not, your church has all the volunteers you need to be...
Top Five Ways to Thank Your Team

Top Five Ways to Thank Your Team

The word “team” means different things to different people, and the size of your church will largely determine the group of people that come to mind when you hear the word. If you are leading a small church, your team may be a few leaders that you hold...
How to End Ministries without Ending Yours

How to End Ministries without Ending Yours

If your church is going to be healthy, you’re going to have to do a few, fundament things well. Declining churches have accumulated unnecessary and ineffective programs, events, and ministries. Over the decades, your church has said, “Yes,” to lots...
How to Assess the Effectiveness of Ministries

How to Assess the Effectiveness of Ministries

Have you wondered why your church is not maturing and progressing like you may have envisioned it years ago? Most churches have been doing the same things over and over for a long time and never really think about how effective the ministry is. Most have not even...