Communication Archives - Page 20 of 31

Communication Archives - Page 20 of 31 - Church Executive

4 reminders when you’ve blown it as a leader

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church leader failure, church leadership mistakes, church pastor mistakes, Leadership lessons, moral failure, pastor failure, pastor leadership

November 23, 2015 at 1:29 pm.

I’m in the process right now of setting up the annual learning trip for our church’s leadership team. We plop down in a city for a few days and discuss the best practices of several churches.

This year, I had two churches that I had relationships with and lined them up right away. However, as I’ve been looking for a third church to meet with, I have run into three churches in a row that have had a senior leader resign in recent years due to a moral failure — again, all in one city!

Leaders blow it sometimes, don’t we?

When is the RIGHT time for a new ChMS?

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ChMs, church management, church management software, church software, church software selection, church technology, CMS

November 15, 2015 at 2:45 pm.

As churches evaluate their processes and introduce new ways of doing things, the common next step in the evaluation is the fundamental platform of a church management system (ChMS).

But, what are the milestones that would evoke a pursuit of this magnitude?

Choosing the right ChMS = not choosing a ChMS at all

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ChMs, ChMS selection, church management, church management software, church software, church software selection, church technology, CMS, software selection

November 15, 2015 at 2:34 pm.

You don’t need new church management software.

Traditional ChMS is old, antiquated and isn’t best suited to help your ministry grow the right way. Why get another software system that shares similarities to the one you currently have? They’ll both just continue to underperform and eat up too much of your time.

(Was that attention-grabbing enough?)

The CE Interview: Chris Hodges

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November 15, 2015 at 12:30 pm.

In February 2001, Chris Hodges founded Church of the Highlands with a launch team of 34 people. Today, nearly 15 years later, around 30,000 attendees gather to worship each weekend in its multiple locations throughout Central Alabama.

Connecting congregants to inspiration with assistive listening

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assistive listening systems, church accessibility, church assistive listening, church hearing accessibility, church hearing loss, church hearing systems, hearing options

November 15, 2015 at 11:20 am.

Congregants attend their houses of worship for many different reasons. Some find inspiration from the messages and music they hear, and others enjoy connecting with the community. Whatever the reason, if they can’t hear the messages that inspire them — or if they lose the feeling of connection they get with fellow congregants because they can’t participate in conversations — they might stop attending.

The 6 most recognized attributes of Christian leaders

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church administration, Church leadership, church management, Leadership lessons, Pastor excellence, pastor leadership. church pastor leadership, Staff management

November 9, 2015 at 10:47 am.

They’re watching you. They’re noticing you. They’re evaluating you. They’re mirroring you. Who are they? They are the people you’re leading.

Listening when you can’t possibly hear everyone

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Church HR, Church leadership, church management, church outreach, church pastor leadership, church staff management, Leadership lessons, pastor leadership

October 22, 2015 at 1:59 pm.

If you’re like me, you want your voice heard — even at the top levels of leadership. I may not be able to have lunch with the President of the United States, but I do want to feel like he’s listening to me. I don’t believe it’s an unreasonable expectation of followers to want their voices heard by top leaders.

Don’t say it! 4 phrases church leaders really need to get rid of

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church communication, Church leadership, church staff management, Leadership lessons, pastor leadership

October 13, 2015 at 1:41 pm.

Do you have the disease that’s going around offices, schools and teams these days? It’s really contagious and can be disastrous. It’s called “foot-in-mouth disease.”

How to get along with your worship leader (It’s not as hard as you think)

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Church leadership, Leadership lessons, pastor lessons, Staff management, worship leader, worship leadership

October 13, 2015 at 1:29 pm.

There are certain ministry roles have more conflict between them than others. Senior Pastors and Youth Pastors, Church Administrators and Youth Ministers, for example. There is also sometimes significant tension between the Worship Leader and the one preaching Sunday. This is obviously not the case in every church, but it is in many churches.

ChMS Forum: Volunteering for the 21st Century

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ACS Technologies, ChMs, ChMS Forum, church management software, church software, church software selection, volunteer management

September 29, 2015 at 4:26 pm.

No one wants to volunteer in your church.

Scary thought, isn’t it?