8 Ways to Maximize Christmas Outreach at Your Church
I’m an American serving as a lead pastor at a great church in Canada after serving over 30 years in the U.S. Canada is a great place to live...
Seven Prayers for Pastors for a New Year
As we move into 2021, may I suggest we churchgoers spend more time in prayer for our pastors? Could we commit to a few...
The Brutal Privilege of Pastoring Today
Brutal privilege. That is the phrase used by Brian Lowe, lead pastor of Exodus Church in Belmont, North Carolina, as he announced he will be...
Break the Slump: How to Leverage Your 2021 Christmas Services to Reach More People
Like many church leaders, you’ve probably been working twice as hard and seeing half the results you’d wanted. That’s a recipe for disappointment, not...
Don’t Overlook Your Staff During the Holidays
As churches prepare to lead Christmas programming, organizations finalize end-of-year giving initiatives, and schools wrap up the semester, it’s easy for both leaders and...
3 Ways to Defeat Leadership Discouragement
Discouragement comes with the territory for ministry leaders. Unmet goals, putting out fires, staff issues, displeasing people, and general tiredness all contribute to discouragement....
The Quarter-time Church Member: Five Observations
The Quarter-Time Church Member: Five Observations
If your church is typical, over one-half of your members attend one out of four weeks or less.
I am...
5 Secrets to Personal Branding
n my book How People Become Famous, I analyze the recipes for success of twelve personalities – the “Geniuses of Self-Marketing” – from Albert Einstein, Arnold...
The Cure for the Common Sermon
“Now when they heard the preaching of Peter and John, they were marveling and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” (A...
5 Shifts Every Leader Needs to Figure Out to Lead Into the Future
What got you here won’t get you there.
As much as you know that’s true, especially as you think about the new reality ahead, there’s...
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As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...
Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann
We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...
Ai and Church Answers: Full Disclosure
Note: This article is original. None of it is AI-generated. (You will understand why I led with this disclaimer later in the article.)
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