As we head into the Fall Ministry season, we’re REPLAYING a wonderful conversation we had a couple years ago with Greg Atkinson. Greg is the author of Secrets of a Secret Shopper: Reaching and Keeping Church Guests, and an expert on helping churches level-up their hospitality game.

Back to School. Back to Football. Back to Church. The Fall season always feels like a reset after the rhythm of summer. And, it’s a time when people in your community are looking to engage with (or discover) church again. So, what can you do to make sure you’re ready? Here are 10 quick tips to maximize your fall ministry.

As we head into the Fall Ministry season, we’re REPLAYING a wonderful conversation we had a couple years ago with Karl Vaters. Karl is a small church expert and has incredible wisdom for all of us pastors as we think about what it means to not just be a successful church but a healthy one.

Last week, talked about accountable conversations. Today, we’re going to unpack this idea a bit more since our ability to navigate these conversations is mission critical. The joy and fear of accountable conversations part 2.

Welcome to Episode 455. Okay, I’ll admit it. In an effort to avoid conflict and keep the peace I’ll avoid hard conversations with volunteer or paid staff. Instead of holding them accountable, I’ll just hope it gets better. The problem, it rarely does. And, when I do address it it’s much harder. Today we talk about the joy and fear of accountable conversations.

What would it look like for your church to go all-in to reach people with the gospel? What would it look like to put all your chips in the middle and say: we’re going to spend whatever capital we have to really take a swing? We are re-playing our conversation w/ Rev. Langdon Palmer as he shares his experience in risking it all for the sake of the kingdom.

I know it’s July, but now’s the time to start thinking about the Fall.

There’s enough time to procrastinate a little, but also to plan a little.

Here are 4 Questions to get your started.

Great leadership doesn’t happen accidentally. It takes great intention and vision. In this episode, Jesse walks us through 4 leadership phrases you can adopt to help you lead better.

A few episodes back, we touched on investing in People v. Programs. And according to Dan Reiland, we maybe need to go a bit deeper on this. He thinks this is just the tip of the iceberg to the biggest blind spot in pastoral ministry.

Last week we talked about how to face change that you didn’t ask for in ministry. Today, we’re talking about facing the change you did ask for. About a year ago we made some decisions (some controversial) to be intentional about reaching the next generation. One year later we’ll unpack how we did.