Sorry . . . I don't mean to be Debbie Downer . . . but your people aren't listening when you stand up and talk at them about what's really important to you at your church. I wish they were. Believe me. Over the last 800 +/- weekends of being...

It would appear that basically every church in North America that is growing is either thinking about multisite or already has at least one campus....

Dear Church Leader, I've wanted to write this letter to you for a while now but I've never knew exactly how to say this.  However, we're heading into an incredibly critical season as a church and want to be as clear with you as possible.  Just because you passionately build...

For the month of August we're doing a series at Liquid Church called "Big Fish" . . . it's a fun look at the story of Jonah.  It's been a great series to kick off the fall line up this year! As people came into the first week of the...

I bumped into this article from Forbes magazine about the Olympics and leadership lessons that can be drawn from it.  I thought it might be worth commenting on it here as we reflect on our leadership in our churches. 1. Branding: As the closing ceremonies come to an end for...

When people think about our churches does the word "new" ever come to mind?  We live in a culture that leverages "new" to draw people in . . .how does your church use "new" to point people towards Jesus? Have you ever noticed how theme parks sell themselves?  Check out this screen...

How do we bring about organizational change in the context of a world that continually changing? The way we think about change frames our understanding which in turn motivate our actions. The diagram above is one way that I think about change. The top line represents all the activities that...

Did you catch the celebrations that erupted in the early hours of today as NASA's latest Mars Rover "Curiosity" landed? I was taken aback by the sure excitement of the situation.  Here was grown adults jumping up and down . . . hugging each other . . . crying . . ....

At some point during the launch of your next multisite campus you need to get people into a room and ask them to join the team of people looking to help launch out the campus.  What's the best way to do that ask?  Sunday morning? A mass rally with all...

Ten years ago I was on staff at The Meeting House in Toronto and we were embarking on launching our "second" campus.  We had the crazy idea of not launching one location but we were thinking about launching one new "regional site" a year for the following five years.  Crazy...