How Good is Your Church’s Security?

by | May 27, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources

This past weekend I did a secret shopper at a church in Texas that is a little under a thousand people. No one knew I was coming except the pastor. I did what I normally do during one of the hours in the morning and that is check out their children’s facilities,...

Leading From Behind the Bar

by | May 21, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Random Thoughts, Training

We’ve all been to a place where we felt comfortable; to a place where the atmosphere was engaging;  and to a place we could call our own and return to time and time again. Over the past few decades, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to help create...

Living Out of a Suitcase

by | May 19, 2014 | Attractional, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Family, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Random Thoughts, Training, Travel

I returned home Friday night after my son graduated from his month-long treatment program at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. I packed another bag and headed out early Saturday morning to Amarillo, Texas to consult with a church on Sunday and do a...

The 6 Essentials a Leader Must Manage Well

by | May 12, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Financial, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training

Today’s blog post is a guest post from Tom Harper. Tom is president of Networld Media Group, a publisher of online trade journals and events for the banking, retail, restaurant and church leadership markets (including the mega-blog www.ChurchCentral.com). He is...

How to Read Strange Leadership

by | May 8, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Financial, FREE, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Movies, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Justice, Social Media, Training, Web 2.0, Worship Leading, Worship resources

I’m so thankful for all the support and love shown the past week for my new book Strange Leadership: 40 Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization. Strange Leadership has been a bestseller on Amazon and is doing great in the Church Leadership category. I’m...

Strategy and Organization in the Church

by | May 1, 2014 | Attractional, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, FREE, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources

[The following is a brief excerpt from one chapter of my new book Strange Leadership: 40 Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization. Go to the book’s website for more info: https://strangeleadership.com/.] My top two spiritual gifts are leadership and...