Creative Leaders! It’s your job as a leader to help them hit the target… I could write a book on how to give constructive feedback to your creative team, but in this post, let’s focus on one important technique: Stop telling them what you don’t like, and start telling them what you do like.... read more
Show Notes: Today on the show, we’re talking with our friend Darrel Girardier from Brentwood baptist church. We’re talking about how to evaluate your Worship Experiences – specifically your big Sundays of the year, but some of techniques we discuss can apply week in and week out for you. Follow:... read more
Show Notes: Today we welcome our good friend Ben Stapley. Ben and Carl are talking today about the importance of a Sermon Review. Carl is not a pastor or keynote speaker, but have been the Video Director on staff at large churches. He has has been the content creator for... read more
Show Notes: Today we welcome Paul Cox on the show. Paul is the owner of the Church Co. He is a great guy. He was on staff at Hillsong for a number of years. You’ll hear that story here. He leads a team that helps churches create affordable websites. Paul... read more
Show Notes: We are really excited about this week’s episode of our show as we welcome Joanna La Fleur. Joanna is an author, a blogger, a communications consultant, a tv host, she does it all. This week we are going to chat with Joanna about your church website from the... read more
This past Sunday, I reviewed nearly 50 churches and how they did church online. Here are some things I observed and some tips that might help you. I found that most churches either Pre-Recorded or Livestreamed their Worship and Message to an empty room or with few people in the... read more
Show Notes Rich Birch is back and today we are talking about Social Media and Community Engagement. Rich continues to share with us about the spokes of the flywheel and how to lean into these elements to grow. Hear him talk about why to be on social media, and how... read more
Show Notes The conversation continues with Rich Birch! In this episode we talk with him about sermon series. How they can be useful for teaching, but also to increase the growth in our church attendance. Also Rich helps us navigate the age old issue between planning and deciding last minute.... read more
Show Notes Rich Birch is all about church leadership. He has seen a lot in his years of ministry at fast growing churches and he is wanting to help other gatherings reach big impact. Recently he has released his new book Church Growth Flywheel to help churches identify effective areas... read more
If you’ve lead volunteers for a while, you know some things that work and some things that don’t. You know what your volunteers need to make Sunday happen. Here are a few Advanced Tips for serving Production Volunteers that I’ve learned the hard way. Evaluation. Volunteers want to be well-informed... read more
I recently wrote an article entitled “Just Because It Worked At Their Church Doesn’t Mean It Will Work At Yours.” While that article focused on creating your own elements, it would be ignorant to not take ideas from other churches and organizations at times. We are all on the same... read more
There is a flavor church for just about any style you could ask for: big production or small production, big attendance or small attendance, mega church or intimate. For those of us working in churches, it can be easy to try to fit our church into the mold another church... read more
