Notable Voices and the Week in Review: June 24, 2017
The Top Ten Questions Pastor Ask Me
Five Big Problems for Small Churches, featuring Karl Vaters – Rainer on Leadership #338
Five Overcorrection Mistakes Churches Make
Four Common Gifts Churches Give to First-Time Guests
Five Danger Signs in Churches – Rainer on Leadership #339
The Top Three Reasons Church Growth Ideas Usually Fail in Smaller Churches — Karl Vaters
Thousands of faithful, godly pastors are leading healthy, vibrant churches with no skeletons in their closets, yet they continue to struggle numerically. Something else must be going on. From my decades of study, pastoral experience and conversations with hundreds of small church pastors, I’ve discovered three primary reasons church growth principles fail in small churches more often than they succeed.
6 Six-Month Bible Reading Plans to Finish the Year — Art Rainer
If you are like most, you’ve probably drifted away from your New Year resolutions. In fact, prior to reading this, you may have forgotten that you had set a few goals to begin with. Oops. Maybe developing consistency in reading the Bible was one of your goals. Or, maybe it wasn’t a goal, but you desire to make it a goal. Either way, July 1 provides a great opportunity start afresh. Regularly diving into the Bible is essential for our ability to thrive as Christ-followers. There are several great, 6-month Bible reading plans out there. Today, I want to provide you with a few to consider.
7 Rules for Keeping Pastoral Sanity — Chris Hefner
These seven rules for keeping pastoral sanity are not intended to be legalistic. Rather, I hope they will assist us in our leadership interactions with others. I’ve listed them in the negative for effect and hope they will stick out to you as they have to me.
12 Ways to Recognize Mediocrity in Your Ministry — Tony Morgan
How do you recognize mediocrity in your ministry? I asked the team at The Unstuck Group to share some ideas based on what they see in the churches we’ve served.
10 Quick Things You Can Do To Improve Your Church Website — Steven Kryger
Here are 10 quick things you can do today to continue to improve your church website and serve the people who use it.
10 Signs You Are Burning Out — Jim Essian
Burnout has nothing to do with capacity: whether you are a Ferrari or a Volvo you still need maintenance and fuel. Burnout is not about your workload: how much work you have doesn’t change the time allotted to you in a day, the energy you have, or the priority of going to the Father first. Make these lists for yourself and share them with a few people, and then run to the Lord of Rest.
