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Pastor as Manager
Managing a team can be one of the many roles forced on a pastor that they’re sometimes not prepared to handle. Business management isn’t always a skill taught in seminary. ...
Franchising Church
Borrowing from McDonald’s, churches are beginning to franchise–or offer multisite locations, as it’s commonly described. The solution allows larger churches to expand beyond the limits of their facilities and location, ...
Charging for Church
English cathedrals are reinstating admission charges to overcome lost donations since 9/11. While raising prices in an economic downturn is fairly typical, that doesn’t always mean it’s successful (eBay tried ...
The Talent Myth in the Church Office
There’s a very interesting manifesto titled “The Talent Myth” published at ChangeThis by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point. His basic argument is that when it comes to businesses, ...
More Marketing Savvy, Less Theology
Bouncing off Kevin’s entry about Purpose Driven Business, I am reminded of a book I read earlier this summer. Tony Campolo, in Adventures In Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church ...
Faith-Based Election
With the election only a few weeks away, many churches are struggling with the issue of how they can take part in the political debate. The fact is that as ...
Purpose Driven Business
Business leaders are taking advice from Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life. Of course it’s his earlier book, The Purpose Driven Church that ...
I Can’t Afford Marketing That Doesn’t Suck
Working with hundreds of churches over the years, I get so frustrated with the “we don’t have any money” excuse so prevalent with today’s pastors and church councils. I understand ...
If You Don’t Build It, They Will Come
Isaiah Church has no building, but that’s okay. Rev. Troy Benton plans to build his church by forming a congregation first, and worrying about a building later. It’s a common ...
Money Grubbing
Stewardship has to be one of the touchiest subjects in the church. Until churches start charging a cover and collecting it at the door, offerings and pledge drives are a ...
Getting Your Church Council On Board
I had a conversation with a pastor friend of mine a few weeks back. He is a big believer in church marketing that doesn’t suck. He doesn’t have a big ...
