Why Do So Many Pastors Leave The Ministry?

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Addiction, Attractional, Blogs, Books, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading

The following is a book excerpt from my friend, Bo Lane’s new book Why Pastors Quit. Read on… As we were driving home the other day, my wife, Melissa, made a passing comment that caused me to reflect on my time as a pastor. She said, God called you to be a...

How to Multiply Your People’s Long-term Satisfaction

by | Apr 7, 2014 | Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Companies, Consulting, Continuing Education, Financial, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Multi-site, Preaching, 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...

Faith Village Interviews Me About ‘Church Leadership Essentials’

by | Apr 2, 2014 | Attractional, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Church video, Churches, Communication, Companies, Conferences, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Diversity, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, internet campus, Internet Links, Intros and Announcements, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Products, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Training, Worship Leading, Worship resources

By Blake Atwood Source: FaithVillage.com Greg Atkinson’s Twitter bio neatly summarizes the many ministry hats he’s worn over the last 20 years: Greg is a servant of Christ, husband, father, pastor, author, speaker and consultant. In those two decades,...

Q&A with Jenni Catron, Author of Clout

by | Mar 31, 2014 | Attractional, Blogs, Books, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, church planting, Churches, Communication, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Internet Links, Leadership, Missional, Multi-site, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Worship Leading

  I recently read the book Clout by Jenni Catron on a road trip. I caught up with Jenni and asked her questions about the book and why she wrote it. Here is the interview: Greg: Why did you write Clout and what do you hope it accomplishes? Jenni: I wrote this...

Leading Yourself – Know Your Role

by | Mar 14, 2014 | Attractional, Branding/Design, Church 2.0, Church Media, church planting, Churches, Communication, Consulting, Continuing Education, Creativity, Devotional, Discipleship, Financial, Greg's Favorites, Hurt and Pain, Ideas, Innovation, Leadership, Media ministry, Missional, Multi-site, Music, Outreach, Preaching, Pride, Random Thoughts, Social Media, Training, Worship Leading

Last year, I wrote a long piece or short ebook on leading yourself. I’m going to roll it out, piece by piece, over the next couple of weeks on my blog. This has never been published before. So here we go. Here’s the fifth piece: Know Your Role Anyone in...