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20 questions for any "value-add" church
Many years ago a pastor told me that churches should be like the famous retailer, Nordstrom—welcoming, tasteful, and endlessly helpful. He modeled his ministry around those values and it showed …
| Here's a cheat sheet gathered from some phenomenal pastors with whom I've partnered, each of them bringing unique gifts to the institutional table. Quick, hide this... 1. Keep your desk clean, and your mind and door open. Walt Gerber pastored the … |
| My last blog, which was about folks who have dined at our tables and not returned for spiritual seconds, is being followed by this example of churches getting it right. Are you one of them? This is NOT a theological discussion, it's a practical one … |
 | By Brian Kluth, Author of the www.GenerousLife.org 30 & 40 Day Devotionals and Founder of www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org For a car to run well, all the pistons must be firing properly. For a church's finances to run well, all the "generosity" pistons … |
| In providing generosity materials to thousands of churches and training thousands of pastors we have discovered there is a major shift going on in how churches want to approach generosity issues. For many decades, if you wanted to increase giving … |
| Looking for a healthy creative jolt. Here are some ideas that might kickstart your imaginative engine... 1. Don't think outside the box...figure out what's in your box! If you are envious (tsk, tsk) of the trappings that another church has, you … |
| Look, I'm not beating up on anyone and certainly imitation is the highest form of flattery, but what are we thinking? At the same time we are saying we want to reinvent ourselves stylistically, many of our churches are simply copying what they see … |
| 3 Not So Quick "Fixes" for the Mega ChurchA reality check for any church over a thousand members...My charge is to write blogs about worship for churchcentral.com. It is my delight to do so, but every so often I stray to broader subject matter. This … |
| (Continued from Part One) Multi-site churches share the same vision, budget and leadership across all of their locations, no matter how distant from one another they may be. Here are some prudent cautions that churches might consider before leaping … |
| 8 Questions to Consider Before Launching Multisite Worship (Part One)Better to ask than not receive what you were expecting...The multisite paradigm has been getting stronger for several years now and literally thousands of churches have ventured … |
| Money, New Initiatives, and WorshipWho, what, why, where, when, and how much?Most church leaders don't like to talk about money in worship and most people who come to our churches don't like it either. Fair enough! Still, the parking lot needs … |
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Dimes vs. Dollars
In the church world, one important issue that often times goes unaddressed on a regular basis is the preventive maintenance of the facilities God has blessed us with and asked us to steward.Type: White PaperSponsored by: Cool Solutions Group -
Advantages of Portable Room Dividers
How can church administrators get more use of their existing buildings without breaking the budget? The answer is with portable,versatile room dividers. With portable room dividers, it is easy to …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Screenflex Portable Room Dividers -
Selecting Locations For Additional Campuses
In recent years, a number of visionary church leaders have joined the multi-site revolution to expand the gospel's reach into different parts of their cities, their states, and even to other …Type: Case StudySponsored by: Leadership Network -
Tim Cool of Cool Solutions Group Initiates Facilities Management Contract with Elevation Church Campuses in Charlotte, North Carolina
Cool Solutions Group announced the signing of a Facilities Management agreement with Elevation Church in Matthews, North Carolina. Elevation Church, the 2nd fastest growing church in America, has …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Cool Solutions Group -
Multi-Purpose Rooms: Maximizing Your Space
Efficient space utilization is key to getting the maximum number of functions in the least amount of square feet. Some hints on maximizing space utilization included in this article are: classroom …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Screenflex Portable Room Dividers
