By Colleen Webb and Cindy Jansen We’ve all been there! We are trying to lay the best plans to conduct ministry or move a project forward, but not everyone is on the same page. John wants to do it this way, and Paul is adamant his way is best, and...
Have you identified that you need more leaders in your church? The truth is you may be hoping they come “prepackaged.” Wouldn’t it be great if we could order them from Amazon fully assembled? The reality is you need to identify, equip and empower leaders in your church. So, what’s...
Barna Research provided this statistic in 2017. 51% of Christians don’t know what the Great Commission is. Do you think that statistic has changed in a positive way since then? Here’s some more interesting WELS statistics. As of 2019 (NOTE: this is pre-COVID) the WELS had 1,269 congregations. Less than...
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But...
During this season of the pandemic, I’ve been finishing up my certification as a Church Consultant. I’ve found the online courses to be very insightful and affirming regarding many of the challenges our congregations face- especially in relation to engaging volunteers. The top barriers identified as keeping churches from...
So what did you learn over the last ninety days? Have you thought about it? “Change in the church” has often been a joke. It takes some churches forever to make a change because we humans resist change. This time change wasn’t optional. It was forced upon us. We had...
God is very clear in his direction to pastors and other leaders in the church. In Ephesians 4:12 he describes the role of pastors and teachers is to prepare, equip, train God’s people for works of service or for ministry, so the body of Christ- the Church (yep, universal church)...
Would you like to multiply the number of people serving in your congregation? Here’s a math teaching concept I would like you to consider applying to your church. The concept is called Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks. Here’s the teaching definition: “Low Threshold High Ceiling Tasks are those all students can...
Jesus chose twelve disciples. Why? I think the first answer that comes to mind is so the Gospel message would continue to be shared. And that’s a perfectly good answer but I think it goes deeper than that. I think He personally invested in individuals. He modeled that for us....