Ten Things Church Planters Should Do AFTER Their First Year

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training

Build systems that create sustainability.  Vision is great, but visionaries can like arsonists. You’ve got to find a way to get the thing organized. Don’t stop raising money.  Just because you’ve launched doesn’t mean you don’t need...

What Does It Take To Be #2?

by | Jun 25, 2013 | Blogs, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Ideas, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training

I thought this was a great read and fascinating thought from The Resurgence. Who’s best suited to serve the #1? Someone who has been in that spot before. What makes a great executive pastor? This is a question I have been asked often by church pastors looking...

10 Characteristics of Growing Churches

by | Jun 24, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Leadership, Media ministry, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

From Perry Noble via Outreach: 1. They have leaders that lead! For God so loved the world that He did not send a committee!  Not sure where I heard that…but it’s true! 2. A desperation for God’s power! Prayer isn’t a good luck charm that is...

Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 11 Things I Learned

by | Jun 20, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Ideas, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training

This was an excellent blog post from Thom Rainer about eleven things he learned from a deceased church. Take a look at his discovery: The church refused to look like the community. The community began a transition toward a lower socioeconomic class thirty years ago,...

Church Signs: A Follow Up to Yesterday’s Post

by | Jun 18, 2013 | Blogs, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Funny, Greg's Favorites, Ideas, Leadership, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts

  I posted the crazy sign yesterday and am blogging about this subject today because it’s one of my pet peeves. I can’t stand cheesy church signs. I know my friend, Ed Stetzer, posts funny and outrageous church signs each week and I enjoy laughing at...