When Leaders Get Hooked on Being Right

You’ve been wrestling with a ministry challenge and you believe you’ve found the right answer. At the next board meeting you share your idea and...

The Seven Most Common Challenges for Churches In the Second Wave of Covid

Do you remember the excitement when the data began to point to a waning of COVID? Hospitalizations were down. Deaths were declining. Offices and stores...

Before You Terminate the Pastor

The phone call that night was unnerving. “Brother Joe,” the young pastor on the other end said, “the deacons voted to ask for my resignation.”...

The Lonely Pastor: 6 Ways to Dig Out

Loneliness is a deep ache in our soul and it doesn’t necessarily imply that we are physically alone. Some of the loneliest people in...

The 30-40-30 Hypothesis for the Post-quarantine Church

Are we beginning to see an attendance pattern among churches in North America? During our weekly Church Answers team meeting, Chuck Carter raised this question....

Controlling the One Thing In Leadership That Will Make the Biggest Difference

I was introduced to Kent Julian through Dan Miller of 48 Days To The Work You Love. Kent speaks to students around the United States. He...

How to Lead When You’re Facing Constant Loss and Continual Bad News

Let me guess. You keep thinking it’s going to get better, only to discover…it hasn’t. As I’ve been catching up personally with leaders over the...

Be Wary of Experts

“How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?  When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the...

6 Reasons Why Genuine Friendships Are Crucial to Your Leadership

The core of true companionship is acceptance, honesty, and trust. The need for genuine friendship, especially in ministry, has always been real, but perhaps now...

6 Brain Barriers to Healthy Church Change

Healthy change is necessary for any church, ministry, or business to thrive. However, leaders often run into invisible brain barriers when they attempt change....
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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.) Adding to...

4 Things to Consider When Using Ai for Business

Artificial Intelligence is all the rage right now. It feels like everybody is using it. That’s because many people are utilizing the new tool of the...