Articles on Strategy
Every church needs to have a strategy of how they want to do ministry. Foundational in deriving your strategy is your church’s culture and your place in the church universal in delivering the gospel to the lost. What is your ministry strategy?
Ministry Myth Busters—4 Leadership Myths that Hold Your Team Back
Great leaders know that a critical part of their job is clearing the way for their team to be successful. We want to tear down the roadblocks in their way and propel them forward [...]
4 Principles for Creating a Culture of Accountability
We've all been there ... We had a great meeting. We built a great plan. And then days or weeks later we discover no one has taken action. Why do so many good teams [...]
Elevating a New Standard for Leader Care
ECFA wants to see leader care climb to a new level, resulting in healthier pastors and in church boards that are more engaged with their pastor’s total wellbeing. Far too many pastors today are [...]
Facility Costs in a Church Merger
Hey Fletch … Our church is talking about merging with another church. We would be the lead and adopt their church. We are a setup/teardown church, and they have a paid-off building. I’m working [...]
How to Love the Life You Already Have
Two went into concentration camps in the Second World War. Their responses were dramatically different: God is dead. The God of love, gentleness and consolation, vanished forever into the smoke of the human holocaust―Elie [...]
Is Your Church Eligible for a Security Enhancement Grant from FEMA?
Eligible churches and other nonprofits can apply for the annual FEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). If awarded, the church can receive up to $150,000 per site for target hardening against potential terrorist or [...]
Keys to a Healthy, Successful and Flourishing Church Merger
Several years ago, I stood in the back of our newest campus during the campus’s first baptism service. This campus was a merger with a 15-year-old church that had lost its evangelistic effectiveness. An [...]
Clear Priorities Drive Good Decisions
Your decisions create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate their life with bad decisions, far too many people have no plan to make good decisions. Andy Stanley in Better [...]
Despondent over Lack of Fruit in Ministry
I’m no stranger to disillusionment in ministry. For 47 years I’ve served the Lord in a variety of roles: church staff member, seminar leader, Christian university professor, and writer. Not every position has panned [...]
Be the Unicorn
William will unpack his latest book, Be the Unicorn. The book addresses the questions of, How do I stand out? and How do I become irreplaceable? William bases the answers on his firms in-person [...]
How to Build Strong Teams
Leading a team made up of diverse individuals is always a challenge. Balancing different work styles and approaches requires ongoing communication, empathy and flexibility. Successful leadership involves fostering an environment where team members are [...]
Be the Unicorn
William Vanderbloemen William Vanderbloemen’s latest book, Be the Unicorn: Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest, is a goldmine of information. He gets right at what the best leaders [...]
The Necessity of a Child Safety Team
One of my favorite pastimes after a long day of work is to sit and watch sports. During each sports season, you’ll find me enjoying my favorite Atlanta-based teams as they work together to [...]
Multisite Management 2.0
Which Mom or Dad among us does not want to have a steady understanding of how their kids are doing? Likewise, what if you could constantly have a pulse on all your multisite church [...]
Busy Isn’t (≄) Productive: 5 Productivity Hacks to Accomplish More & Juggle Less
God may grant us each the same hours every day, but no two people’s days look the same. Unlike a business, your day-to-day operations go far beyond the brick-and-mortar of your church. You’re a [...]
Building a Splinter-Free Team Culture
Addressing Small Irritations Before They Derail Momentum Recently I was helping my husband and my dad on a renovation project. We’re restoring a home built in 1900, complete with all the character and quirks [...]
3 Tips for Leading Better Meetings
Do you feel like your time is wasted in meetings? If so, you’re not alone. “A shocking 71% of professionals report having their time wasted, due to unnecessary or canceled meetings.” In this webinar [...]
Change in Texas Abuse Reporting Laws—Anonymous Reporting No Longer Permitted
Effective September 1, 2023 Texas child abuse and neglect reporting authorities will no longer accept an anonymous report. Existing Texas Law Every state in the United States has mandatory reporting requirements related to child [...]
What the Latest Gallup Trends Mean for Your Church & Leadership
Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace is out, and we're here to break down everything you need to know as a leader. The main summary statement Gallup wants leaders to take away from [...]
Ways to Build Trust by Drops and Avoid Losing It in Buckets
What are specific actions you can take to live and lead at a higher level of integrity? David and Warren recently convened 20 experts in various fields and asked for their tips on how [...]
Data Erasure vs. Risk Management
The Clash of Privacy and Protection of Vulnerable Populations Protecting Personal Information Everyone has a story about personal information fraudulently obtained by a security breach, Phishing email scam, or sold by a vendor gathering [...]
4 Prevailing Models for Multi-siting Churches and How Portability Makes Them Flourish
Is the size of a church a leading indicator of health? The idea that a big church is healthy, or a small church is not healthy, may lead to false conclusions. A healthy church [...]
2 Trends Impacting Your Leadership This Year
Over the past 3 years the expectations for leaders has only grown more acute. Staff transitions, waning morale, and rising mental health challenges are resulting in new research that suggests that 43% of managers [...]
Learning from Leadership Failures
One of my recent ECFA research projects involves leadership integrity. For David Fletcher’s in-person XP-Seminar in February, I surveyed the attendees, the majority of whom are the equivalent of Executive Pastor, with 1 in [...]