Personal Power > Position Power
In Steve Robinson’s new book Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A, he recaps his 30+ years on the marketing team of one of America’s most beloved brands. The book is full of personal stories and behind-the-scenes looks...
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Do Your Systems Make it to the Front Lines?
Tacticians, listen up. You know who you are. You live your life as a cubicle jockey, developing spreadsheets and master plans and mapped-out strategies to make your weekend services run smoothly. You have never met...
Multi-Site: 10 Questions to Ask Your Campus Director
In a recent multi-site post I mentioned seven ways to avoid “Corporate Syndrome” if you’re a central ministry leader who is coaching a campus director. (For our purposes, we’ll define “Campus Director” as the leader...
Q&A: How Do I Get Backing from My Boss?
Q: I believe that creating a healthy guest services culture is important. But is it really possible to build it without senior pastor buy-in? [from a participant in the 2019 One-Day Workshops] A: It will...
Top Ten Quotes: The Soul Winner
Earlier this summer I read Charles Spurgeon’s The Soul Winner: How to Lead Sinners to the Savior. I admittedly do not have enough engagement with reading historied theologians, so this was a nice departure from...
Primer Posts: Guest Services from the Stage
You just landed on an every-once-in-a-while series called Primer Posts, a curated collection of my favorite articles and books on one particular topic. These are the resources I usually point to when people ask about getting started...
Fellowship Bible Church (Topeka, Kansas)
Each month, we revisit a series of posts called Guest Services Road Trip. We’ll travel the country from the comforts of our couches, interviewing leaders who are in the trenches of ministry. Do you have an idea for GSRT...
The First Impression is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
You know the research: people decide within 1/10 of a second whether or not you’re trustworthy. In 1/3 of that time, a glance at someone’s face will cue you on their status and attractiveness. But...
Want to be Missional? Move.
For all of the church’s talk of “being on mission,” “living sent,” and “pursuing a Great Commission lifestyle,” I fear we may be overlooking one of the easiest ways to get the gospel into the...
Don’t Point Out the Mud…
…unless you’re willing to get your hands dirty. Often, the mark of a leader is that they see things others can’t see just yet. They notice how the present reality falls short of the original...
