Articles for Pastors

4 Harmful Impacts of Leaders Who Need to Be Liked

"When someone needs approval from others, the person is willing to sacrifice conviction and do anything to earn that approval."

5 Surprising Discoveries About Growing Churches

It does little good to use membership as a metric in most studies of large numbers of churches.

5 Hurdles Every Executive Pastor Has to Get Over

"Executive pastors are constantly processing managing people, mapping out strategy, ministering to people and a dozen other things all simultaneously."

5 Steps to Healthy Delegation

There are three underlying reasons a leader doesn’t delegate. One of them is curable—quickly.

3 Ways Great Leaders Handle Tough Circumstances Differently

"If you let your circumstances define you, they will defeat you."

Kick-Starting the Plateaued & Declining Church: Part 2

We are working from the premise that leadership is as leadership does.

7 Marks of a False Teacher

"No one enriches hell more than false teachers."

Kick-Starting the Plateaued & Declining Church

When kick-starting a plateaued or declining church, several things will help to prime the pump and begin the process of revitalization.