If you cannot visualize how your ministry is supposed to look like how can you boldly ask God for big things that will lead to significant transformation? The stock answer to the question “What would it look like for God to powerfully show up in our ministry?” is “more people and the current people doing …
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“One of the things I always do is study the object, and thinking about what is the object that we are bringing to life.” –John Lasseter I found this short interview between Charlie Rose and John Lasseter fascinating and insightful. Lasseter created ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Cars;’ here he talks about the process of bringing animated …
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Failure lets you move on, mediocrity stalls you and keeps you from reaching your potential.”–Dharmesh Shah from a recent post ‘Failure is Not the Worst Option.’
“I saw the statue inside.”–Michelangelo If you have or are thinking of starting a ministry this video will seriously encourage you. Especially if you have a vision for your ministry that most people do not yet “get.” To read more of Steve Blank’s thoughts click here. Can’t see the video? Click here to view it …
When evaluating your ministry structure the conversation has a gravitational pull towards addition, not subtraction. However pruning/curating/streamlining your ministry structure by taking things out and/or grouping things together offers a huge opportunity for significant growth and increased effectiveness. Here’s a couple things to think through: Are there any ministry teams that overlap more than 30% …
“Far too many new leaders don’t effectively diagnose their situations and tailor their strategies accordingly. Then, because they don’t understand the situation, they make unnecessary mistakes.”–Michael Watkins from The First 90 Days Tim Casteel shared this quote in the comments of a previous post titled Giving Away Your Ministry. I fell into this category as …
Eric Ries presented on The Lean Startup at SXSWI and this was one of his slides: If We Can Reduce the Time Between Pivots Here’s the definition of a pivot: “a pivot occurs when a start-up tests a new direction while still keeping one metaphorical foot in the original business,” from a post on …
“They only have 1 full-time equivalent staff member (that includes all staff, not just ministry staff) for every 150 people in attendance. Only about 35% of their budget is spent on staff expenses.”–from a post by Tony Morgan on how to expand the number of volunteers in your church or ministry. Those seeking to start …
An increasing gap between the vision and reality signals the need to make a change in your ministry’s direction. A change in direction can be falsely understood as failure, since it’s a departure from what a leader thought would happen. Yet the ministries that I have observed to be MOST successful make changes swiftly and …
I’m excited to announce an ebook for college ministers on how to maximize the first four weeks of school for greater effectiveness and fruitfulness. Being apart of Campus Crusade has allowed me to gain not only tremendous skills from literally thousands of leaders who have gone before, but also observe country-wide and global patterns and …
