It seems people are less engaged with Church than ever before and yet people are more digitally connected than ever before. So it made sense to me to start a short term, online small group at my church. I was…
In 2009 a University Professor called Tina Seelig split her business class at Stamford into 14 teams. She gave each team £5 and just 2 hours She told them to get as much ROI (Return On Investment) as possible She…
and practical ideas to make it happen! Whilst Santa and his elves seem to get all the credit this time of year for making Christmas happen, church leaders know better, right? There's a team of volunteers behind the scenes at…
The conversation goes like this… "Duncan… I get it. I really do. I get that we are going to have to make some changes if we are going to grow our church by reaching unchurched people. I get that it…
Answer this question right now to help you gauge how you're doing at developing small group leaders in your church community: If somebody new signed up tomorrow to join a group, have you got space for them, and would you…
Here are TWO things I know about your church at Christmas: Church people are more likely to invite their friends Unchurched people are more likely to attend Great leaders know how to leverage this kind of momentum. They know how…
Every leader wants their church to be aligned. They know the power of having an army of volunteers and staff focused on a common cause. However, few leaders seem to pull it off. And the result is often confusion -…
The church needs more young men. There is a growing restlessness in the hearts of young men all over the western world. After more than 3 decades of continuous cultural shifts of tectonic proportions resulting in the a complete reshaping…
Transitioning a traditional church to a church unchurched people love “You used to be a good preacher before HE showed up.” So said the person we were meeting with to discuss some of the changes that had taken place at…
(that you might not have thought about before) You can tell a lot about what matters to a company or a church when you visit them for the first time. You don't have to go much further than their ‘lobby’…