By Brian Dodd
One of the most heartbreaking things I experience is watching pastors of growing churches become crushed by the weight of their growth. I have seen far too many pastors flash through the sky like a brightly-lit comet only to evaporate just as quickly. Pastors of ...
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Church Growth


12 Things Pastors Can Do To Exponentially Grow Their Church –
By Brian Dodd
Practically every pastor and church leader I have ever met wants their church to grow. They want their churches to make a greater impact in their communities and around the world. Pastors and church leaders want to see the Kingdom of Heaven expanded by reaching ...
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7 Personality Types of Sick Churches –
by Thom Rainer
Sick churches become dying churches.
Dying churches become closed churches.
Those statements are factual unless some type of change or intervention takes place. But intervention or change is unlikely unless the church recognizes that it is sick.
In simple ...
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10 Practical First Year Priorities at a New Church – Part 2 –
by Andrew Hebert
In Part 1, I discussed the first five of ten practical priorities when you arrive at a new church. Here are the remaining five priorities for a pastor or leader who is serving in a new church or organization.
Build positive momentum by accumulating and ...
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10 Practical First Year Priorities at a New Church – Part 1 –
by Andrew Hebert
What are the most important priorities for a pastor who begins serving at a new church? I began pastoring my present church a few months ago. This is the fifth church I’ve served in a pastoral capacity. Each church has been a different size, in a different ...
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A Constant Struggle in a Growing Church –
Perhaps one of the biggest challenges leaders in growing churches face is the sense of failing to meet expectations, particularly of some who were in the church when the church was not as large as she currently is. Here are a couple of examples from recent conversations with ...
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