When a Bad Group Launch is Worse Than No Group Launch
Listen or Watch this blog post here. An ill timed launch is nearly as bad as no small group launch at all. You probably launch groups along with everything else in the fall and in the New Year. Those are great windows to launch groups, so what’s the problem? In most...
Why People Aren’t Coming Back to Church
If you would prefer to listen to this blog post, catch it on the Healthy Groups Podcast. Isolation from the pandemic is basically over in most quarters. You can freely roam about the country and the world. But, if your church is like most, your worship attendance is...
How Groups Can Overcome Politics and Stay On Mission
If you would prefer to LISTEN to this post, click here. The political landscape is more polarized than it's ever been (and it's never been great). You don't have to look too far before you find memes or yard signs that either strongly agree or strongly disagree with...
5 Ways to Recession-Proof Your Church
If you would prefer to listen to this blog post, click here. As much as you might hate to think about this, the world is on the eve of a global recession. There's just been too much cheap money out there for too long. Now, I am a pastor and not an economist, but I...
Stop Pursuing the Past
If you would rather listen to this blog post, click here. If you are honest with yourself, the good old days were really not that good. Sure you would love to see your church’s worship center filled again. Of course you would love to see all of the people come back...
Are Your Groups Competing with Each Other?
Listen to this Blog Post instead on the Healthy Groups Podcast. Some churches practice a simple church model. They offer just a few options to their congregations. These are churches like North Coast Church, Vista, CA led by Larry Osborne or Mariners Church led by...
Gearing Up for the Fall 2022 Small Group Boom
Click here to LISTEN to this blog post. Fall 2022 promises to be the largest small group launch season you’ve ever seen. Now that COVID is behind you for the most part and the weather is warming up, people are gone. Don’t believe me? Go price an airline ticket right...
Surviving Cultural Changes in Ministry
Listen to this Blog Post Here. In the last two years, you’ve experienced about a decade’s worth of cultural change. Organizations that were breaking quickly broke. Some startups and skunk works quickly accelerated. Just to give you an example. You probably thought the...
Repurpose Your Content to Make More Disciples
Click here to LISTEN to this blog post. Why let your sermons go dormant when they could do so much more? Pastors have lots of sermons. Even as an Associate Pastor over the years, I have lots of sermons, Bible studies, and class notes. What are you doing with those...
The Post-Pandemic Small Group Boom 2022
If you'd rather listen to this blog post, click here for the Healthy Groups Podcast. A year ago I wrote about the Post-Pandemic Small Group Boom. I wrote about it a year too early. In this article, I’m going to build a case for the pattern leading up to the fall 2022...
You Are NOT Your Numbers
Pastor, you are not your numbers. Your worth and your value come from who you are in Christ. You are called. You are chosen. You are valued and loved. Your numbers are your numbers. Sometimes they will be up. Sometimes they will be down. Your worth isn't based on the...
How Big of an Easter Group Launch in 2022?
Click here to listen to this blog post instead. Easter 2022 is an interesting moment. With most of the country easing their COVID restrictions, will people feel free to worship in-person for Easter? Or have two years worth of people watching online sunk in deep? And,...