Articles for Pastors

Should Elders Insist on Unanimity?

Insisting on unanimity can actually damage unity. Instead, let’s value trust more highly than agreement.

5 Things That KILL a Strong Leadership Finish

Why do some leaders end so well while others go out not in a blaze of glory, but in a blaze of gory?

10 Great Relationship Principles I’ve Learned from John Maxwell

We all need to follow relationship principles. It doesn’t matter how smart, gifted, or knowledgeable we are. If we don’t know how to get along with people, we won’t make it far as leaders.

Don’t Compromise the Gospel for Relevance. Do This Instead

Whenever the biblical message of the cross is made to conform to human wisdom, you have a distortion of the message.

Rapid Multiplication Approach to Multisite Expansion with Chris Hankins

How your church can experience rapid multiplication and keep the sites aligned as they grow.

When Confession Goes Wrong

The greatest temptation in Christian communities is to avoid confession altogether, to maintain the facade, the uneasy stasis of staying right near the surface and never getting too deep, too real, too honest with each other.

10 Church Growth Strategies That Cost Zero Dollars

Vision always precedes resources. If you’re waiting for people and money to show up so you can get on with your mission, you’ll wait forever.