Is the back door to your church wide open? Growing churches have discovered the keys to keeping people who come in the front door—from quickly going out the back. Thom Rainer, a church growth consultant, says there are four key factors to keeping church guests and members from finding their way out the back [...]
Building a volunteer team is a never-ending process, especially if your ministry is growing. When we’re desperate for help our natural tendency is to resort to desperate measures—but this will only make things worse. Here are four things not to do when you’re desperate for volunteers. These tactics may seem like quick fixes, but they’ll [...]
If I can do all things through Christ…Why Can’t I Find My Car Keys? Errands. Work. E-mails. Phone calls. Friendships. Family. Life is busy! It’s hard to find a moment to spend with God. But most of us realize that we need to! Those precious moments with God rejuvenate us, giving us hope and maybe [...]
Do you lead volunteers—or manage them? Today’s volunteer doesn’t want to be managed….they want to be led. If leadership is not your gift area, we can help fill in the gaps. Group’s Volunteer Leadership Series is here to help you find proven ideas to turn your church into a place volunteers want to plug [...]
Are you a leader? Are you a servant leader? Jesus modeled servant leadership in a most unusual setting—a wedding. In John 2:1-11, we read of the time Jesus attended a wedding feast where the host ran out of wine before they ran out of guests. From this story, and others from Jesus’ life, we [...]
Do your volunteers know they are valued and appreciated? Let them know you think they’re AWESOME! We hear from hundreds of churches that their #1 need is volunteers—finding them, training them, keeping them. We understand. And Be Awesome is here to help! Be Awesome makes communicating with your volunteers easy. Each month you’ll receive Be Awesome in your [...]
“Be still, and know that I am God!” - Psalm 46: 10 I have to admit I often laugh when I read this verse. While looking at my growing to-do list, combined with the clock telling me I’m already running late, I can’t see how this is possible. Be still. Though, I’ve also noticed that [...]
“In his name the nations will put their hope” -Matthew 12:21 Today is the National Day of Prayer. This year’s theme is, Pray for America. The National Day of Prayer was established as an annual event in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry [...]
Here are five ways to be a Christ-like leader….with or without a title. Be a servant. Leading like Jesus starts with being a servant. Title or no; position or no; we are called to serve God, others, the church, and the world. To serve means no job is “beneath” us. A servant shows a willingness to [...]
Are you using social media to grow your church? About two years ago Community Bible Church, San Antonio, TX, started the Online Church Facebook page with little direction or strategy. Despite our lack of a plan, and through a constant state of experimentation, the page has grown to more than 320,000 “Likes”, representing 150 countries. In the process [...]
