Outreach Leaders

7 Ways to Earn and Keep Trust

Building and maintaining trust is critical to good leadership. Thankfully, there are ways to earn and keep trust as a leader.

Three Tests of Wicked Wealth

Not all wealth is bad, but how do we know what makes for wicked weath? Here are three tests from the the Letter of James.

Can You Recognize the Enemies of Organizational Health?

I’ve observed a few things which can be an enemy of organizational health. They keep health from happening and, if not dealt with, can eventually destroy an organization – even a local church.

Outreach Checklist: 7 Church Growth Paradigms

I speak with churches often who want to grow and they contact me wanting suggestions of how to do so. In doing so, I often tell them there are some church growth paradigms they need to make sure they have.

Great Leaders Embrace Mystery

One thing we all long for is simplicity. We’re looking for ways to reduce—to make the main things the main things and ways to push unimportant things to the side. But sometimes simple is overrated: sometimes we need to embrace mystery.

What Can You Do About “the Meeting AFTER the Meeting”

While the meeting before the meeting is commonly accepted as good practice, the meeting after the meeting is not.

Leaving Church – When Is It OK?

Few things are taken more personally by church leaders, and the community left behind, than someone leaving church. It feels like rejection, abandonment, even betrayal.

How to Inspire Generosity in Your Church

It's not as easy as it was in the past. Here are eight ways to inspire generosity, especially among non-givers: