July 2010 - Church Executive


Ed Young Jr. and his father talk about leadership


They don’t know it yet

I remember sitting in the Willow Creek auditorium listening to Bill Hybels talk about the need for more people to leave the workforce and start working for the local church. I thought it was a good message for many of the people sitting around me.

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Blackbaud announces new book on giving program best practices

Charleston, S.C.– Blackbaud Inc., has released a new book Cultivating Lifelong Donors: Stewardship and

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Confidence and leadership

I just had the chance to read “The Confidence Factor” by Tom Mullins. Tom does a great job of using his insight as both a former winning football coach as well as the successful founding Pastor of Christ Fellowship in Palm Beach Gardens in Florida to weave together inspiring stories of people that had the confidence to lead and be successful. Tom also gives us very practical lessons on building confidence.

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Guidelines for employee files

As the middle of the summer approaches, I’m planning to do some catch-up work on personnel files. I don’t know about you, but the larger the staff gets, the easier it is to allow employee personnel files to get outdated. Job descriptions change, performance reviews need updating, etc.

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Two keys of a simple church

The Simple Church idea revolutionized how churches view their disciple-making process. First, the what becomes the how —a clear process flows from what disciples look like.

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Empowerment and unity

The Apostle Paul was an unlikely messenger. The Philippian church had little to give. Yet the inadequate messenger was supported by the church for the advancement of the Gospel.

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An unseen reason for decline

It’s one of the most neglected metrics of church health — a hidden reason why churches decline. And it’s a major problem in the North American church: attendance frequency.

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Volunteer steps

With the recent economic downturn, some churches are closing their doors due to

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‘HIGH NOON’ at Church

Tullian Tchividijian is the grandson of evangelist Billy Graham. There, that’s out

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