I love the journey of discovering what we do well. It’s a blast! We all like doing what we do well. If you’re good at something, you usually enjoy every minute of doing it. But the more time I spend doing what I don’t do well, the more frustrating life becomes. But once you’ve identified
Month: October 2012
Do What You Do!
In my experience, one of the key differences between the large church and the small church is the number of things they try to do. The smaller church tries to do more things. They try to offer every good idea they’ve seen from big churches and they stretch their people, their resources, and their abilities
Him & Them – the focus of a real church!
As we have frequently said, inward focus is the death knell for the local church. Once we begin thinking that church is for us and about us, we lose our very reason-for-being. Little wonder that the blessing of God ceases. My stomach lurches every time I hear someone say, “Well pastor, we’re the ones who
Hey people, Get the house ready!
The GET assignment for the congregation has a second expression too. Remember, that we said the Pastor must GROW himself and GROW a few. Well, the people must GET hungry and they must GET the house ready! When we were pastoring Maranatha Worship Center in Wichita, for several years we held deacon meetings in our
Growing People Grow Churches
Too often congregations think if my pastor will excel in his job, then our church will grow. But there is an agenda for each of us, and frankly, there is one thing the pastor can’t do for me. There is something we must GET and if we don’t, our church will never move toward greater
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