Posts by Mark Howell
Top 10 Reasons Church-Wide Campaigns Miss the Mark
While there are some key steps to launching a church-wide campaign that lead to greater participation, higher follow-through, broader community interaction, and deeper values integration…there are also some devastating missteps that cause campaigns to miss the mark. Here are my top 10: Selecting a topic that doesn’t engage the crowd, from the hard end of…
Read MoreJoin Randy Alcorn Live
You’re invited to join Randy Alcorn to hear about the new Heaven church-wide campaign and outreach program based on his best-selling book. [quote] Developed by the award-winning Lifetogether team, this program provides tools for your congregation to share their faith and invite people to attend a special video presentation with Randy Alcorn answering the difficult…
Read MoreThe Easter Experience
The Easter Experience, from City On A Hill Productions, is a new church-wide study from the folks that produced H2O. With host and teacher Kyle Idleman, The Easter Experience includes a six session DVD-driven small group study that coordinates with a six weekend message series–designed to conclude with Good Friday and Easter. The DVD-driven small…
Read MoreMaximize the Fall with a Church-Wide Campaign
Have you finalized plans for the fall ministry season yet? It’s definitely time to zero in on where things are going! Much like the way NASA has a scientifically defined window of opportunity for Space Shuttle launches (or landings), there are many factors that determine the success of a church-wide campaign and many of them…
Read MoreThe Exponential Power of a Church-Wide Campaign
What is the most powerful way to impact your entire congregation? Many believe that a church-wide campaign, what Rick Warren refers to as a spiritual growth emphasis, is the most important spiritual innovation in the last 50 years…maybe the last century. Why? Read on. Although there are very basic church-wide campaigns that simply offer a…
Read MoreThe Role of the Senior Pastor, P. 3
In addition to championing community regularly among the staff and congregation and casting the vision for community beyond the core of the church, the Senior Pastor is also the key to coordinating messages and themes for the year to emphasize community. This again is an area of ministry that requires the engagement of the Senior…
Read MoreWhat Do You Call Your Small Groups?
Important Note: Every day a few dedicated small group ministry champions (staff and volunteers) find this post. Can I be honest? I hope this blog post (written in 2009) gives you an idea or two. My real hope? I hope you’ll subscribe to MarkHowellLive.com so you can get the latest in small group ministry strategies,…
Read MoreThe Role of the Senior Pastor, P. 2
In the first post in this series we talked about how important it is that the Senior Pastor function as the small group champion. What’s next? Let’s talk about how to cast the vision of life in community beyond the core of the church, in fact reaching out into the crowd and community itself. This…
Read MoreThe Role of the Senior Pastor – P. 1
Some questions come up almost every time I’m at a conference. “Does the Senior Pastor need to lead a small group in order for a church to set group life as a high value?” “Is it enough for my pastor to be in a small group?” These are just two of the questions I get…
Read MoreLife-Change at the Member Level
We talk a lot about life-change in small group land. We often say that the optimal environment for life-change is a small group. I regularly tell people that the weekend service—even with inspiring worship and practical teaching—is closest in kind to a defibrillator. You know that thing they use on you when you’re on the…
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