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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mistake #12. Giving Up.
God’s heart is broken over our hearts. His overriding desire is to bring the world into his family. This is simply too important to...
Ready, aim. Ready, aim…
Ready, aim. Ready, aim…
Sometimes leaders come across like they are a stuttering, dyslexic firing squad – continually using this as the motto above.
That’s all...
