by Matt Cook | Dec 8, 2020 | Administration
What do NBC, Blockbuster, HBO, and Netflix have in common? That’s easy. They’re all entertainment companies, right?What do Tower Records, Napster, ITunes, and Spotify have in common? Also easy, they’re all music companies, right?You’re half right. Both lists are made...
by Michelle Snyder | Dec 8, 2020 | Administration, healthy ministry
Bruce was in his first call to a small town church that professed community and love for each other as primary core values. While they were not expert evangelists, they loved each other well in times of crisis and understood the mandate to be each other’s keepers. ...
by Barry Howard | Dec 8, 2020 | Administration
A few months ago, a collegiate football coach and I were discussing ways that coaching and pastoring have changed across the years. Our tenures were somewhat parallel. I mentioned the changes in technology, noting how computers, the internet, and smart technology have...
by Jim Kitchens | Oct 8, 2019 | Administration
Over the past eight years, I’ve had the opportunity to work as a consultant with numerous congregations around the country, trying to help them look directly into the adaptive challenges we all face.When I talk with them, they know the way they did church 20 years ago...
by Phill Martin | Feb 13, 2018 | Administration
Good policies and finely tuned processes can be the backbone of the healthy church. Policies and rigid process can be the noose of death for congregations. But wait… Are those statements a clear contradiction? Bear with me in this short post, and let’s think...
