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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...

If you are an American Church leader looking for a glimpse of what the future of reaching our country is you need to study ministries reaching Canada. Our neighbor to the North is more secularized and unreached than the United States. In fact, in a recent study there is evidence...

"If people are standing in line to give you money ... you must be doing something right." - My Dad Every year 300,000,000 Americans  will visit amusement parks ... that's a staggering number of people waiting in line! As church leaders we can't ignore this massive cultural phenomena and the lessons...

Regular evaluation of your weekend services should be a normal pattern for your leadership team. For us it happens during a Monday morning meeting were we look at what happened the day before and we also settle on the services for the coming weekend. This is an important system that we...

“Righteousness and generosity are inseparable. The person whose heart longs for God also longs to give to others.”― Dillon Burroughs There is a temptation in local church leadership to slow down during the summertime. Resist that temptation. Now is the time to start planning and working on your Christmas Giving...

When you arrive at our church on Sunday's you are greeted by some fantastic members of our team who offer you a name tag. You can opt out of this experience ... but our hope is that the majority of our people at our services will decide to get a...

I've been involved in a lot of "new things" in my church leadership life over the years.  In fact, I've seem to have a track record of being on the front end of new projects all the time. New campuses, leadership development programs, outreach initiatives, digital engagement strategies, follow up...

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“It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.” – Caius Valerius Catullus We are all impacted by confirmation bias. We develop a belief about a situation then seek out information that bolsters that belief. We end up analyzing our options through the filters of what we already believe to be...