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Mega Church Pastoral Myth #6: “God is more profoundly present at...

A similar myth follows: "Worship is better in the large church setting." Probable Reality: Music is usually better at megachurches, but music quality does...
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Mega Church Pastoral Myth #5: “We are efficiently raising up leaders.”

Probable Reality: Some leaders are coming up through the organization but there is a tight lid on power at the top. Most top-level leaders in...
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Mega Church Pastoral Myth #4: “We’re glad to be free from...

Probable Reality: Large churches have no fewer occasions to deal with disappointing power politics than smaller congregations, it’s just that the location of the...
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Mega Church Pastoral Myth #3: “We have an efficient care system...

Probable Reality: It's particularly easy to slip between the cracks at a mega church. I have heard pastor after pastor declare, “We are going to...
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Mega Church Pastoral Myth #2: “We are doing a lot of...

Probable Reality: Little outreach is actually going on here. Most of what is going on is outreach fluff. It is very difficult to establish...
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Six Mega-Church Pastoral Leadership Myths

I spent over 20 years starting, building and leading what became a megachurch in Ohio as you may know. I look back on that...
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Mistake #14.5 Reluctance to Start.

This is the last entry of this series of Mistakes in Outreach. When it comes to applying all of this—in beginning to walk out...
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Mistake #14: Waiting for Someone Else to Start

I have been a reluctant leader at most points along my leadership journey. I am a little skeptical of leaders who are too eager...
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Mistake #11: Independence in Church Finances Apart from Outreach

An over-dependence upon church systems for success is not good. This kind of thinking will cause outreach leaders to become bitter, frustrated and eventually...
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Mistake #10. Over-Training.

When we lack confidence we tend to seek out programs that seem to promise easy success. These are fear responses. Success is not so...

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