leadership

Life.Church is a leader in the multisite church movement, and Kevin Penry has played a key role in developing their strategy as a founding member of the five-person Directional Leadership Team. Kevin oversees all of the operations related to the campus launches and the ongoing ministry at each location. Life.Church is currently the largest church in America, so they must be doing something right. In the article below, we'll take a closer look at how Life.Church got started and dig deep into four crucial keys to their effectiveness.

Without rocking your world too much I'd like to state the obvious... Volunteers are the life blood of your church. While we all would acknowledge that fact. It's easy to forget about in the day to day of ministry. They dutifully arrive every week, with a smile on their face (real or painted on) and serve. Regardless of their motivation, our effectiveness long-term depends on them. We could never hire the volume of people needed to run our church and we shouldn't have to. The challenge comes down to expectations.

I recently wrote about how the Digital Church is a powerful ministry to reach and engage Millennials who are disengaging from the Church. The...

Here we are at another year, the clock still ticks onward, seconds lead to minutes, which add up to hours, days and weeks. Although...

Christmas is a complicated season. At the surface, the media sends us the message that it is the "most wonderful time of year" filled...

I recently read a great blog post by Michael Hyatt on the problem of drifting away from your life's focus. It reminded me that...

How does your church leadership respond to criticism? This is a great topic of conversation for your next church staff meeting. I'm sure every pastor and person on the church staff has been criticized at one time or another; it's what you do with the outcome that matters.