Today marks the release of the Leadership Newtork / Generis Multisite Scorecard. This is a fascinating study that attempts to define the multisite church movement. Once again Warren Bird does an amazing job pulling together data and interpreting it so we can understand what is happening around us. As I...

This spring our church put together a catalog and we're mailing it to 5,000+ homes in our database. It's not an insignificant investment for our church. Why is a church producing a "catalog" and how does it fit in our strategy? Recall // Like most churches our issue isn't getting people...

Recently I connected with church leaders from 33 churches from across North America and asked them to share with me what they are doing for gifts for their first time guests. This continues in a series where I've asked other church leaders to help us learn what is happening at...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    At it's core every church has unique DNA that defines what it's going to be like and the impact it's going to have on it's community. On today's episode small group expert, Alan Danielson gives us some really helpful handles to understand our church's DNA...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's episode offers an insightful and fresh look into how your church can partner with other ministries around the world to make a different. Christa is one of the sharpest leaders I know on the area of global compassion and offers up a gracious challenge...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    On today's episode of the unSeminary Podcast we're taking questions from listeners about Church Communications. We cover a wide variety of topics that I hope will help your ministry. Are you wondering how to keep your growing and complex ministry aligned? Thinking about upping your...

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. - Holly Near There are seasons in your ministry when you can feel momentum happening ... it seems like things are just flowing a little easier and the energy of the church...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    On today's episode we talk with the Small Groups Pastor from Long Hollow Baptist Church, Ben Reed. The conversation covers a wide variety of topics around getting people connected to groups, training leaders and ensuring that groups stay healthy and strong. This episode is full...

Today we're privileged to have a guest post from Dr. Garth Leno who is the President of WORDfirst Ministries.  He has been a pastor for 30 years and is currently taking steps to plant a church in Windsor, Ontario. We've all faced that person in our church who is spreading...

"Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be fixed and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved." - Andy Stanley Leadership is about living in the middle of a number of tensions that won't ever be resolved ... in fact if you resolve the tension you end up creating a whole bunch of...