Revival in Belfast
Several years ago at Willow’s Leadership Summit I was introduced to Robin Mark and Revival in Belfast. I came home singing Jesus, All for Jesus. This song says it for me…
Read MoreRecruiting Hundred-Fold Players
Want your small group ministry to have an overwhelming impact? Here’s the bottom line: you can’t do it without a team of hundred-fold players as a foundation. End of story. You want to build a pervasive small group culture? You can’t compromise on this reality. You’ll be tempted to settle…but you can’t. You’ve got to…
Read MoreNeed a Spiritual Fill Up?
I believe that if you want anything to happen at the member level, your leaders must experience it first. The way I say it a lot of times is that, "Whatever you want to happen at the member level you have to do to and for your leaders." I really believe that if we aren’t…
Read MoreDecisions vs. Disciples
One of my blogosphere buddies is speaking at the National Outreach Convention in November on a topic that we’ve begun talking about here: making disciples. Here’s the short description of his talk: "If we are serious about accomplishing the mission of Jesus we can no longer be satisfied with “raise your hand”, “sign a card”…
Read MoreWhat Will You Call Success?
When you think about your small group ministry…would you say you’re winning or losing? Are you succeeding at what you’re doing? Or failing? This is a very important question. No doubt you’re already asking it! In fact, that’s probably why you’re here reading this article right now. So…back to the question…are you winning or losing…
Read More5 Keys to a Great Fall Ministry Season
Want to have a different kind of fall ministry season? You have to start now…in the summer. Here are the keys: Work with your senior pastor to develop the ways you’ll be promoting small groups every week beginning ________. You pick the date. It’s a little bit arbitrary. The idea is that on that date…
Read MoreDay Eleven
A few days have passed since I landed here 11 days ago. Here’s the big point of the day: If you have a place you want to get to, getting everyone talking about it is not enough. Everyone talking is not a step in the right direction until they’re using a language that means the…
Read MoreThe Global Trend of “Customized for You”
I’ll have more on this later, but I want you to think about the significance of “customized for you.” Think discipleship. We are no longer in an “off the rack” world. As much as “simple” makes sense (and it totally does), the organizations that are winning are making each experience custom to the user. How…
Read MoreDay Two
Day #2 is in the bag. A good day…hammered out the fall timeline. There are some really big keys to a launch. You’ve got to understand that every slight deviation from the plan doesn’t change the trajectory incrementally. No…you’ve got to see that every slight deviation changes the trajectory geometrically. Here’s what I mean. Let’s…
Read MoreDay One
I began a new phase in my ministry run yesterday. I’ll still be consulting and coaching churches around the country, but I’ve joined the team at Adventure Christian Church to help take their small group ministry to a new level. At this point they have weekend attendance of around 3500 and only about 30 groups. …
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