The Weekend Activity That Can Help Your Feel Happier…and Other Top Picks from Flipboard

The Weekend Activity That Can Help You Feel Happier Throughout the Week – and Other Top Picks from Flipboard

by Dave Travis

Here’s a collection of interesting, thought-provoking articles from around the web from recent weeks. For more links, check out our Flipboard magazines: Leadership Network Today, Leadership Network Deep Trends, and Ideas to Implementation to Impact, where we curate the best in innovative ideas for church leaders.

1.  4 Keys to Creating a Missional Culture in Your Church (Leadnet.org) Peter Drucker is often quoted as saying, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” This might be more true in churches than anywhere else…

2. The Weekend Activity That Can Help You Feel Happier Throughout the Week (Thearda.com) The temptations to skip church on Sunday morning are many…

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Why You Should Know the Retention Rate of Financial Givers

by David Thoroughman

I was recently talking with a pastor at a multisite church about the stagnant growth he was experiencing at one particular campus. The church (in general) is experiencing great attendance and giving growth across many of their campuses, with only a couple that were lagging. After asking a series of questions and learning about the ministry, I asked him: “What is your retention rate of your givers?”

In all honesty, he had never seen the value of measuring retention…

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What Can Great Protestant Churches Learn from Great Catholic Churches?

by Dave Travis

My friend Bill Simon is releasing his new book Great Catholic Parishes this fall. Bill and his team from Parish Catalyst did some great research by finding some of the greatest Catholic Parishes in the U.S. and Canada and then derived the common success patterns.

Are the same patterns found in great Protestant Churches?

Watch my interview with Bill with part of that answer.

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