Aligning Your Team With An Integrated Strategy
“It is your STRATEGY, not your MISSION that will ultimately determine your success.” – Reggie Joiner Your church has a very strategic leader in it. This person is there every weekend making sure that things go as planned. It is not the senior pastor. It is not the children’s pastor It is not the student pastor It’s not even the worship leader The strategic person in your church is the one in the parking lot who places the traffic cones. This person understands how strategically placing those... Read More
Sharing a Message That Won’t Get Lost
There are so many lessons that we can teach kids and students to introduce them to God, help them learn biblical truths, and live in a way that follows the example of Jesus Christ. We could teach about the ceremonial, civic, and moral laws of the Old Testament. We could spend Sundays teaching about every miracle and parable in the New Testament. We could get into apologetics and biblical history. But if we give each of those messages, I wonder how many will actually stick. Even more valuable... Read More
Aligning Leaders: Drawing a Straight Line
Have you ever heard a basketball coach talking to their team during a time out? Everyone is huddled around each other listening for what to do next. They are not listening for the vision. The vision is clear. We want to score more points than the other team so that we can win. However, during the time out, while the coach is not casting vision, they are taking a few seconds to clarify strategy. They are taking those crucial moments in the game to align the leaders on the floor around the... Read More
Maximizing the Four Most Pivotal Times of the Day
Every so often the alarm sounds. Sometimes, even before the alarm, something else may trigger it—a pleasant smell or maybe an appealing commercial. It can be a little different for all of us, but one thing is for sure. There is no Do Not Disturb button for the hunger alarm within us. We have to eat! Oh, yes! The alarm sounds at different times for us all. When we awake. Before we sleep. At lunchtime. Dinnertime. Snack time. During a long meeting. During our commutes. At the best times and at... Read MoreCONTRIBUTORS
Brooklyn LindseyBrooklyn has been a youth pastor for 16 years. Fun (sarcastic) Fact:...
Bre HallbergBre Hallberg has been in ministry for 15 years. She began her caree...
Jim WidemanJim is considered an innovator, a pioneer and one of the fathers of...
Dexter CulbreathDexter Culbreath is a leader, family advocate and director of commu...
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