ABOUT CAREY NIEUWHOF

Carey Nieuwhof
Carey Nieuwhof is lead pastor of Connexus Community Church and author of the best selling books, Leading Change Without Losing It and Parenting Beyond Your Capacity. Carey speaks to North American and global church leaders about change, leadership, and parenting.

5 Ways to Avoid Panic When Asked to Speak at a Moment’s Notice

In 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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Five Lies of Leadership

Too many leaders hold a few damaging core beliefs that simply aren’t true.

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Your Attendance is Declining: Here is One Big Idea to Keep in Mind

If you want to see your church grow, stop trying to attract people and start trying to engage people.

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Timestamp. 5 Ways Your Church is Not Retro… Just Outdated

One of the reasons so many churches struggle these days is that the way we do church is badly outdated.

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7 New Approaches to Talking about Generosity

Pastors who refuse to talk about money and generosity can ultimately leave both their churches and their people broke.

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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked. I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
 
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comment_post_ID); ?> Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
 
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Clarity Process

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