Generous Leaders Win
I’ve been thinking a lot about generosity recently. Maybe it’s because I’m squarely in the center of being middle age. Maybe it’s because I just…
Category: Executive Leadership
What If You Didn’t Have to Choose Between Health and Growth?
Church plants, small churches, limited budgets, and a host of other qualities can force ministry staff to wear multiple hats out of necessity. Yet, there…
Three Timeless Communication Strategies
I’ve long believed that successful leadership depends more on good communication than it does on making all the right decisions. Many leaders fail not because…
LinkedIn for Pastors with Kenny Jahng: Podcast 269
In this podcast, one of our favorite guests, Kenny Jahng, joins host Nils Smith to delve into how pastors can take advantage of LinkedIn’s renaissance.…
The Job is Building People: An Excerpt from Empowering Leaders
“It isn’t about the leader. It never was about the leader. It will never be about the leader. It will always and only be about…
Faster Growth Comes with Younger Pastors and Founding Pastors
In our continuing list of nuggets uncovered in our Leadership Network/Portable Church Industries upcoming report, this insight sounds obvious. Recall first that the churches in…
Church Cash Reserves – How Much Is Enough?
How much cash should our church have set aside in reserve? If you’ve ever been guilty of asking this question (and you should be!), you’ll…
New Pastors Show Disproportionate Vision to Plant and Launch
Which pastors are more likely to have visions for planting new churches or new sites? In an upcoming major research report from Leadership Network and…
Multisite and Single Site – What the Shifts Look Like
83% of Pastors Under Age 40 “Have a Future Vision to Plant/Launch” a New Church or New Site In an upcoming major report that…
Does a Church’s Growth Rate Affect Salaries
Yes it does, but not exactly how you might guess. The reality is that most Protestant churches in North America are smaller, as the visuals…
