Administration

This question comes to the Church Answers’ team and me a few times a month. It often evokes some pretty strong emotions. Can a...

There are moments in a ministry or organization that form the culture. Moments where there is clarity of belief or direction. Moments where memories are made. Moments where people are invited to internalize and commit to what is most important.

Here is a strange trend that may affect your church finances: While more than half of all churches are in some form of attendance decline, a segment of these declining churches experiences either stability in giving or an increase in giving at the same time people are leaving.

Look for people who are passionate about what they get to do more than they are passionate about what they will be called.

Some churches will meet and exceed their budgets this year. But there are far more churches (maybe yours?) who will “just get by” or who won’t reach their church budget this year.

The best executive pastors sit at the intersection of vision and reality. That is to say, they spend their time balancing the bright future of the church on one hand and the facts of where the church is today on the other.

There is one positive reason I can think of for a church having a messy church building, but I've failed to see that reason lived out in actuality.

We can all cite stories that are great examples of success, and stories that seem more like your worst nightmare.