Your Ministry Can Reach Millennials With This Tool

For the last several decades churches have been trying to figure out how to reach the members of their community that are in their 20's and 30's. Years ago these groups were called the Singles Group, which later became the College and Career Group, which became more succinct when shifted to Young Adults. Now, the …

What’s Your Organizational Operating System?

Where do your loyalties lie? Mac or PC? For most people, they are staunchly one or the other and their motivations can come from a deep love for the one they are loyal to or intense dislike for the one they don't use. These days the conflict between Mac and PC is multifaceted, but the …

Delegate Your Way Off the Plateau

Hitting a plateau can be exasperating in your organization. Whether it is hitting a plateau of sales as a business or a plateau of attendance if you are a church, finding yourself in the middle of a plateau can cause great anxiety and panic for you as a leader. All you see in front of …

25 Ways to Engage Your Community

Its Monday and pastors all over the country are taking a deep breath from the events of the weekend while simultaneously shifting their focus to the week ahead and another weekend of events. Central to the message of Christ is the idea of invitation...the invitation into a relationship with Jesus. For pastors, and our churches, …

How the Church Can Gain Influence

When churches do not engage in anticipatory planning, their ability to define an issue, set the agenda, and establish the boundaries of the issue are limited (Ashley & Morrison, 1995). This is one reason the church as a whole has diminished in its ability to influence the communities it serves. The church is classically known …

Mankind is Made for Conflict

Conflict theory argues that social behavior can best be understood in terms of the tension and conflict that arises between individuals and groups in pursuit of their individual ideologies and agendas (Vago, 2003). Many times these conflicts revolve around scarce commodities, and the pursuit is change rather than order, and social change is the process …