Resources for Leadership

Leading the Church You Plant

Leading the Church You Plant

Leading a church plant is very different than leading an established church. Here are five simple ways to lead your church plant well.
5 reasons to preach

5 reasons to preach

Once your church plant has launched a Sunday morning worship experience, you had better preach —...
Lifelong member

Lifelong member

As a pastor in a young, urban city, I spend multiple hours each week shepherding individuals...
Knowing your role: Self awareness

Knowing your role: Self awareness

Reggie McNeil says, “The single most important piece of information a leader possesses is self-awareness.”[1] Self-Awareness could...
‘My only aim’

‘My only aim’

The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and we...
E-book: Rethink

E-book: Rethink

To plant disciple-making, missional churches, we must change the way we think about God’s mission and...
Rethinking Scorecards

Rethinking Scorecards

Measurement is fabulous. Unless you’re busy measuring what’s easy to measure, as opposed to what’s important....
Rethinking leadership

Rethinking leadership

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. ~ Max De Pree In the...
Gathering and scattering

Gathering and scattering

Everybody thinks they hate evangelism, but what if that was because they didn’t understand how evangelism...
Everyone’s a Genius

Everyone’s a Genius

Don’t ask your goldfish how the water is. Goldie won’t have any idea what you’re talking...
Identity in achievement

Identity in achievement

Last week I introduced you to, or reminded you of, a concept called identity amnesia: Christians...
Faithful church planters

Faithful church planters

No church planter wants to fail and no church planter starts off expecting to fail. However,...