Many churches misinterpret relevance as knowing the latest pop culture phrases, music artists, and fashion. Unfortunately, this makes churches seem fake and out of touch. True relevance comes when churches can effectively interpret the cultural changes in their community and fashion the Gospel in such a way that it speaks directly to needs and issues that the community faces. For more...
Now, your church might be awesome at first impressions. Your parking lot people bring smiles to everyone’s faces and your greeters are on point. But if your guests walk into an auditorium full of cold, judgemental people, those first impressions will fade faster than an ice cube in the hot summer’s sun. If this is the case in your church,...
You must understand that social media is not free. Although is does not cost money, it will cost you time. If you are not willing to devote a significant amount of time every week to improving it, then this tool will be ineffective. Time is needed not only to create great content, but also to watch others and observe the...
Coming before God in worship is coming to realization that God is big- bigger than we can comprehend. The Creator of the universe and everything in it desires for you to come before Him. He doesn’t need anything from us, but we need Him more than we know. Creating a weekly worship experience in your church will allow everyone that...
Many times churches will consider only those who are currently attending when making adjustments to anything- their worship, programs, etc. However, this is the opposite of what should be taking place. What should be happening is that churches should consider those people that are not yet attending and put themselves in their place. What would make them want to come...
People in your church probably won’t invite others or talk about your church if you don’t create a culture of evangelism. If your people don’t know that it’s important, they most likely won’t do it. They need to be educated. Make it easy for them- create invite cards for them to hand out to their friends and neighbors. Have opportunities...
Have you thought about the idea of having a Big Day at your church to attract people? Sure, there are people that come on Christmas and Easter but let’s be honest, that’s not enough. Create your own holiday if you need to. Make a big deal out of your church’s 10th Anniversary and invite your community to celebrate. There are...
Hans Finzel in the book The Top 10 Leadership Commandments says that it’s not if leaders will be opposed, but rather a question of when. While it would be great to simply lead and have others follow, that is hardly ever the case. It seems in our churches that people are resistant to change no matter what it is. Try...
In this blog post, we are going to dive a little deeper into some of the awesome quotes that we pulled out of the book Leadership Smarts. There are a TON of these short quotes and I would definitely recommend you grab a copy of the book to check them all out. The first one that I thought was awesome was...
The book Irresistible Church gives the reader 12 traits of churches that are not only irresistible to heaven, but are churches that are irresistible to heaven. The concept behind this is that these churches operate in such a way that God wants to bless the church to continue on the work. One of these traits is that the church is...