How to Measure Real Church Growth
What are your ministry outputs?
When church leaders think about growth, they default to measuring people's participation, not their production.
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When church leaders think about growth, they default to measuring people's participation, not their production.
[...]Step One: Ask "Who?"Consider who created the pattern, the model, "the how" of your particular ministry area or ministry responsibility. Did it come from a book, another church (conference), the previous pastor? Someone was the designer. Who was it?Step Two: [...]
As I reflect on Steve Job's resignation this week, I am grateful for how his achievements inspire my own thinking. Here are some updated thoughts on a post I wrote from 18-months ago. Whatever your opinion of the Apple products, [...]
The American philosopher John Dewey said, "I should venture to assert that the most pervasive fallacy of philosophic thinking goes back to neglect of context." Could it also be said of church leaders today that our most pervasive fallacy of [...]
This is the second post related to a forthcoming ebook. The first post was titled the Tyranny of More, (6 Common Myths that Drive Churches to Do Too Much) You can still comment there to ensure a free copy of the [...]
As I put the polishing touches on some of the Church Unique Vision Kit stuff, I am a reviewing 4 reasons why simple design equals vibrant growth. I think of these reasons as a two-sided coin. One side is the [...]
I want you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, I’ve worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline revitalization and church plants. I started several interconnected organizations that help the church embody the movement that Jesus founded. My visionary planning tools, the Vision Frame and the Horizon Storyline, are used by thousands of churches every year through my calling to raise up other consultants and trainers. In 2004 I started Auxano, which I sold to LifeWay. In 2014, I founded Younique to deliver gospel-centered life design through the church. It is now the world's only comprehensive, open source, life planning system. In 2019, I founded Denominee to help networks and denominations reinvent how they bring value to the church. I've written seven books, including Future Church, Younique, Clarity Spiral, God Dreams, Innovating Discipleship, and Church Unique. I enjoy speaking about how to live a life of more meaningful progress. I live in Houston with my wife, Romy, and I have four children.
I currently work with a small group of churches and leaders. If you are interested in life planning or executive coaching individually or taking your church through a Vision Framing engagement based on Future Church, just reach out to set up a conversation.
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