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Do You Have “Missional Integrity”?

The present love affair with corporate mission statements must be more than a framed eight-by-twelve well-wordsmithed paragraph hung on a...

Top 5 Things Pastors Should Stop Pretending To Be

I believe that a pastor’s main duty is making sure the mission of the local church is carried out, which is primarily guiding...

Jesus and The Really Big Idea

One day while working in Ephesus, the apostle Paul dictated a letter to a terrifically dysfunctional church he had founded earlier. In it...

Leading Through Personal Difficulty

David’s army had just won a military victory over a coup led by his own son Absalom, killed in the battle. David turned what should have...

3 Biggest Misses in Strategic Planning

So you've finally gone through the process of developing a 12-to-18 month strategic plan with your leadership team. But do you know what...

4 Stages of Organizational Focus

A Different Organizational Focus Is Critical As Your Church Grows Many of the churches we work with struggle with systems. The leaders...