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What if “Real Church Growth” Became the New Normal in the North American Church?
If we’re honest, it’s pretty easy to see the functional Great Commission in North America: Go into all the world and make more worship attenders, baptizing them in the name of small groups, and teaching them to volunteer a few times a month
Advance Your Vision
Start here to get clear about your future by using the Vision Framing process. As a result, you’ll be clear about your mission, values, strategy, measures and more.
Advance Your Vision
Once you're clear on vision, it impacts every other initiative and area of ministry.
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10 Mistakes New Pastors Make in Their First Year
by Bryan Rose | November 20, 2018Ten mistakes that too many pastors make during their first year in a new role.
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What if “Real Church Growth” Became the New Normal in the North American Church?
by Will Mancini | November 20, 2018At the end of the day, it’s about this: Real Church Growth = Organized Disciple-Making.
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Welcome to the Vision Room
by Will Mancini | November 20, 2018Read a note from Will Mancini welcoming you to the Vision Room and pointing some key features designed just for you.
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The Ministry Benefits of Weekly Downtime
by Eric Geiger | November 19, 2018Ministry leaders must take a day off each week for the sake of their own health, both physical and spiritual health. Without a time to rest, leaders will burn out or implode.
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3 Signposts on the Road to Discovering God’s Vision
by Rick Warren | November 16, 2018There are three parts to getting God’s vision for your ministry.
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Effective Peer Leader-shift: Living in the Loop
by VRcurator | November 14, 2018If you want to gain influence and credibility with people working alongside you, learn to understand, practice, and complete the leadership loop with them.
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Six Perspective Shifts of the Persevering Church
by Thom Rainer | November 13, 2018Six major adjustments real churches that had real turnarounds made when most people said it was impossible.
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The Unmistakable Value of Self-Awareness
by James Emery White | November 13, 2018If Dunkin’ isn’t in the donut business but the food and beverage business, and Weight Watchers isn’t in the diet business but the health and wellness business, what about the church?
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Where Does True Fulfillment Come from in Ministry Leadership?
by Bryan Rose | November 12, 2018True fulfillment as a Christ-following leader comes from a deep sense of two key understandings.
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10 Leadership Skills Inherent in Missional Leadership
by Jeff Meyer | November 12, 2018When we focus on discipleship as first priority, leadership skills are caught.
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Measuring Up: Design Your Life
by VRcurator | November 7, 2018Like unique lamps or furniture, a well-designed life will have a look and feel all of its own. You can use design thinking to create a life that is meaningful, joyful, and fulfilling.
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One Word Makes Your Mission Missional
by Bryan Rose | November 7, 2018One word will make the difference between people smiling and nodding when you cast vision from the mission – or being moved to imagine and envision themselves on-mission in everyday life.
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10 Ideas for Personal Leadership Development
by Philip Nation | November 6, 2018The work of the minister, pastor, elder, and/or church leader is to equip the church as a whole and believers individually for God’s work in the world. How is a church leader to engage in personal development?
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Three Trapdoors of Volunteer Dropout
by Mac Lake | November 5, 2018Are you experiencing any of these three common leadership pitfalls that can lead to volunteer dropout?
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6 Times When It’s a Good Idea to Change Your Church’s Mission Statement
by Will Mancini | November 5, 2018When should you rewrite your mission?
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Effective Peer Leader-shift: Thinking Critically
by VRcurator | November 1, 2018Leaders who want to become a positive influence with their peers must learn how to overcome the tendency to be critical and become a critical thinker.
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This Could Change Everything in Your Church Hospitality
by Brad Brisco | October 31, 2018The practice of biblical hospitality is unique because it reaches out to those who cannot reciprocate. The very best hospitality is that which is bestowed, not exchanged.
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5 Ways to Avoid Panic When Asked to Speak at a Moment’s Notice
by Carey Nieuwhof | October 30, 2018In any scenario, cue most leader’s worst nightmare: giving a talk with zero prep time. How do you not just panic, throw up, freeze like a deer in the headlights or ramble on like someone who had their brain removed?
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Placing Volunteers Never Works, So Try This
by Bryan Rose | October 26, 2018Here are 12 signs you’re just placing volunteers… not developing leaders.
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Six Strategies to Communicate Vision to Your Church
by Rick Warren | October 26, 2018Your main job as a leader is to remind your congregation continually of your church’s vision. Everything else you can delegate. You can’t delegate vision.
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