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You Can Double Your Class in Two Years or Less, Session #3

You Can Double Your Class in Two Years or Less, Session #2

Change: what is the point?

The goal is not to move from one static model to another static model. It is not to move from being a traditional church that is not changing to becoming a missional church that is not changing. The goal is not to become a 9Marks church that is not changing. The goal is to become […]

You Can Double Your Class in Two Years or Less, Session #1

THE KEY to church growth

Jim Collins has a helpful metaphor on why this assumption is wrong. He calls it the flywheel principle. Imagine a huge flywheel. It weighs 5000 pounds. It is 2 feet thick and about 30 feet in diameter. Your task is to get the flywheel spinning. You put a shoulder to it and after two or […]

John Maxwell: what makes a great Sunday School teacher?

My second–favorite teacher was Roy Rogers (not Trigger’s master). I had him in the fourth grade. Again, I don’t remember much about what he said, but I do remember what he did. He conveyed love and acceptance to a group of fourth–grade boys by giving us his time. He took us to Ted Lewis Park […]

Bible Study for Life Live Webinar

Join me Thursday, Aug 14 6:00 Mountain Time for a free live teaching of this week’s Bible Study for Life Lesson. I will be teaching the Bible Lesson, Victorious Faith, based on 1 Peter 5.6 – 11   Click here to register. 

Vision: shorter is better

Step three is where most people start. Wise leaders create urgency and get a team first. Then comes the vision. The vision needs to fit on a business card. You need an “elevator speech.” This is something you can communicate in the time it takes for an elevator to travel from one floor to the […]

Prefer discussion Bible Study rather than lecture?

If you prefer a good discussion about the application biblical truth to a lecture, you have come to the right place. The popular series Good Questions Have Groups Talking might be for you. Good Questions correspond with three of Lifeway’s curriculum outlines. They can be used stand-alone or supplementally to Lifeway Curriculum. (The International Standard […]

Change starts with urgency

Change does not start with change. It doesn’t start with vision-casting. These will come later. It starts with urgency. It starts by starting the house on fire. Or, by persuading the church that the house is on fire. People are naturally resistant to change. If they don’t see a compelling reason to change they won’t […]