Most of us have taken down our Christmas decorations. I heard a survey that said 14% of people leave them up through Valentine’s. Go for it. But most of us, at least in the church world, are beginning to think about our next big season – Easter 2020. It’s been said the early bird gets…
Here are the funniest questions I received as a church planter: “When are you going to build a church?” I always thought, “Well, that’s what we are doing now meeting in this high school.” (Oh, you mean a building, but, of course, you’d agree the church is not the building, right? ) “Are you going to…
Opening disclosure. This post is going to seem negative, and I am far from a negative person. The glass is always over half full for me. I actually intend it to be positive if it encourages churches. Our transition 18 months ago to the Dallas area was difficult when it came to finding a church to…
After years mentoring younger leaders, I’m convinced there is something all leaders with more experience need to understand as we welcome young leaders to our teams: Young leaders share some common fears. And they aren’t talked about much – or even admitted. The pressure to perform often keeps us from admitting fear, but these fears…
I’m often asked what my routine was for preparing to preach on Sunday mornings. I have a responsibility as a shepherd to do all I can to be prepared.
I’ve seen it so many times. Most likely you have also. It is tragic. A leader can be doing everything else right and yet flawed leadership mindsets overshadow and jeopardize all the good leadership principles he or she knows. One constantly repeated action. One trait. One habit. One mindset. Sadly, many times it’s not even that the…
In 16 years as a pastor, I was a part of planting two successful churches. My most recent experience was in church revitalization, and we did experience some success there, but I still hear get questions about church planting. The two questions I get asked most: If you were planting another church… What would you…
The more I have written about church leadership the more critics would email to say I shouldn’t. I shouldn’t tie leadership and the church together so closely. People have said I focus too much on church leadership and not enough on Jesus.
Some of the things I’ve learned are things I wouldn’t do again if were were planting another church. If you are planting now – or in the future – I hope these church planting don’ts are helpful.
I’ve seen leaders – whether pastors, politicians or in business – try to take people places, even worthy places, and believe people would follow because they are popular as a leader. What they really needed was leadership trust.
