Often in church leadership, we get so busy working "in the church" that it becomes harder to work "on the church." We're so focused on making weekends happen and caring for people that we lose perspective on whether we're seeing a difference in our community. The reality is, as church...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    We're so fortunate to have Ron Edmondson joining us for today's episode of the unSeminary podcast! Ron is a fantastic leader and provides some amazing insights into helping turn churches around and also the critical place that systems play in your church. Make sure to...

Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests. - Jim Collins Organizational "silos" is the term given to departments or ministries within your church that have a tendency to...

For years as a church leader I would proudly declare that "every weekend at our church is 'special' ... we don't do 'special weekends' because new guests arrive every weekend at our church!'" It sounded so good when I said it! It came from a good spot ... wanting to...

"Good company upon the road is the shortest cut." - Author Unknown Making your church more relational is important regardless of it's size. In small churches it's often assumed everyone knows everyone and so as leaders we don't work to ensure that people are connecting. In medium size churches we're embarrassed...

Is your church thinking about adding new service times in the future? We recently interviewed a number of church leaders within the unSeminary community who have led their churches through this change to help extract some helpful hints for you. I've attempted to compress all of this learning down into the...

“I am convinced that nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing people. At the end of the day you bet on people, not on strategies.” - Larry Bossidy (GE COO & Author) Church Leaders are often faced with the request to hire new staff for various ministries areas....

"If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities." - Luke 16:10 Finding and releasing volunteer leaders is an essential part of every church leader's role. However, we often feel...

People want to be a part of leading growing dynamic churches. We listen to conference speakers (or read blog like this!) and we get the impression that it's all fun and games. However, the reality is that leading any organization that is making a difference in the culture around us...

Today's guest post is a treat from Dr. Garth Leno. Garth is the lead pastor of the Heritage Park Alliance Church in Windsor, Ontario, where he has been serving since 2003.  A graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Bethel Theological Seminary, Garth loves to preach, cast vision, and develop leaders...