Ken Ham, the Bible and the Creation vs Evolution Debate

Last night, like hundreds of thousands of others around the world, I watched the debate between Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis) and Bill Nye (The Science Guy). I remarked on Facebook that I liked Ken Ham’s opening remarks. I watched almost all of the debate and...

Church Leadership Essentials is Now Available in Print

My book Church Leadership Essentials: What Every Pastor Needs to Know is now available in print. The book has done very well as an ebook on Kindle and has 5 star reviews (thank you). Personally, I like to hold a book in my hand and keep it on a shelf in my office. I...

2014 Multisite Trends

The multisite model continues to be a proven and cost-effective vehicle for churches in reaching, serving and engaging more people locally and regionally. Leadership Network reports there are over 5,000 expressions of multisite church across North America with nearly...

Leveraging Christmas from Chad Hunt

My friend Chad Hunt, from The Barjona Company, has some great ideas for how to leverage Christmas this year for your church. Watch this video to get some great insight, advice and ideas. leveraging from TheBarjonaCompany on Vimeo.

Discipleship is a Who, Not a What

Last year, I wrote an article (Are You and ‘Evangelism’ or ‘Discipleship’ Church?) on the tension that I experience between having a very evangelistic heart and seeing the need to disciple people. As a pastor, I am increasingly burdened that we...

The Good of Social Media

Our world has watched in horror and shock as the Philippines was devastated by a typhoon. All forms of media have been buzzing with up-to-date news coverage and stories of search, rescue, survival, and death. I’ve been amazed at the use of social media to help...