Church Planting
Details Details – God Is in the Details
I have been working to launch teams of windshield washers. It has been a while since I last connected with strangers in this particular serving style. Found some very cool squeegees – they have metal handles and expand long enough that you can wash both sides of a large windshield at once. Got them at…
Read MoreThe Mike Slaughter Interview
Mike Slaughter shares his heart as it relates to over 30 years of solid ministry at Ginghamsburg Church at Tipp City (Dayton), Ohio. Slaughter reflects upon how his initial church growth strategy misfired. He had to get a vision from on high. The Mike Slaughter Interview His pathway has been marked by moderate but consistent…
Read MoreConfessions of An…Increasingly Clear Leader
Everybody Needs a Model Or Two To Be Effective ‘People never do what you say – only what you do …then only after you have salted them down…’ What/Who Is An Approximate Leader Metaphor You Relate To? As we venture through life, influential personalities pass our way. Some of these are distant influencers. They touch…
Read MoreEcclesial Sabotagology – Part 1
– the fine art of church suicide- “My word… I now know for certain. My church has lost its collective mind…” – Bob, the cowboy commentator and church consultant My friend Bob looked up from reading the blog on his laptop. He pulled off his reading glasses with some drama as he does when miffed…
Read More‘Innovation’ – Or Can We Do Better? (Part 3)
3. Talk of innovation can easily become a derision to God. When we over-talk about the power of innovation we are, wordsmithing aside, beginning to tread upon thin ice with God. We come very close to insulting God when we overly trust in our creativity. God is interested in receiving glory and credit for what…
Read More‘Innovation’ – Or Can We Do Better? (Part 1)
As we launch into the new year new ideas are naturally on the horizon. It is also time to consider putting to bed some old ideas – er uh, make that, terms that are less than helpful to us. I move that we take a break from using the term “Innovation” for a while. When…
Read MoreYour Church Needs Armed Police Presence
…Do you want to communicate ‘safe’ or something else? The news of two horrible shooting incidents in Colorado recently brings back to the national spotlight what I have been shouting from the rooftops for years to church leaders. If your church is more than simply providing chaplaincy services to your city in a maintenance capacity,…
Read MoreThe Harvest
“The fields are white unto harvest… pray for workers for the harvest.” I love that verse. I have only in the past few years come to realize that very few teachers “rightly divide” that verse considering the simple context of it. You have no doubt heard this taught as an invitation from Jesus to raise…
Read MoreRiver Part 2
I for one have grown tired of the talk of “growing as a leader” in Church circles when the majority of the information is derived from non-functional business principles. There is nothing in the least wrong with business principles. I am an avid reader of many business writers – not to assume anything falsely, but…
Read MoreDon’t Launch a Church – Reach a City
I spent time with one of my star mentees this past week – Ike Reighard. Ike is an amazing communicator. If you have a chance to be around him anytime, anywhere, go out of your way to allow a bit of Ike to rub off on you. He is utterly infectious. He planted the first…
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