"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...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Kevin Bordeaux was called to a declining church of 20 people and over the next 16 months the church grew to over 300 people. Today's podcast is an inspiring story of how Kevin led through that change. He offers a bunch of insights for church...

The three minutes before you receive the offering at your church are incredibly important. You need to craft that experience with the same intentionality that you give the core message for the service. Ensuring the "offering talk" is done well every week will boost the resources you have for your...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    On today's podcast we have church consultant, author and pastor Greg Atkinson. We're talking about four areas that every church should work on to become more irresistible in the coming year. This episode is overflowing with helpful thoughts on how to make your church the...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's interview is a first for the unSeminary Podcast ... we have Ben Stroup joining us and he's not a local church leader! Ben is an expert on leveraging content to move people towards action. Today's podcast is perfect for church leaders who have ever...

Today's post is more personal than what I normally write here ... I'm attempting to understand something that happened to me last weekend when I had the honor of hosting David as he visited one of our campuses. David is a survivor of homelessness after having lived on the streets...

"If you believe lack of authority prevents you from leading effectively, it is time to rethink your understanding of leadership." — Mike Bonem and Roger Patterson Most ministry leaders are following someone. We all have leaders in authority "over" us. I've spent most of my ministry career responding to other...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Kristy works with New Campus Development for The Chapel, a multisite church in greater Chicago area. Since joining The Chapel in 2009 she has helped them grow from four to eight campuses mostly through mergers. Today's episode is full of insights from her on how...

We've all had ministries or programs in our church that aren't going well. They lack critical mass to make the sort of impact we are looking for. They seem just a little stale and past their prime. Your people are "voting with their feet" and not showing up to the...

I think that there are very few ministries as strategically important to the growth and health of your church like your children's and student's ministries. Senior leaders need to invest time, effort and energy to make these ministries cornerstones of what your church "does" to serve the community. My kids...