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How Are Your Systems?

Designing, developing, and improving church systems is the unsexy work very few church leaders get excited about. But the reality is:...

Jan 24, 20232 min read

How about a quick video to get you thinking today? First, let me set this up with a little background. When church leadership teams go...

Nov 1, 20221 min read

The most generalized common complaint I hear about church operations from staff and pastors is: “I hate meetings.” Especially those who...

Jan 31, 20222 min read

In the early days of our church, founding pastor Steve Sjogren coined a simple phrase for people to use in basic “servant evangelism”...

Dec 7, 20212 min read

One of the most important questions church leadership has to answer is: What is the purpose of our weekend services? This is a big deal....

Nov 30, 20213 min read

Discipleship is one of the most difficult challenges most pastors and church leaders face. And while it is the central simple thing Jesus...

Sep 9, 20212 min read