The Healthy Church Playbook: 10 Building Blocks for Thriving Ministry leadership

60-80% of churches in America are stuck or shrinking. And the average Sunday gathering? Fewer than 60 people. Even worse, less than half of attenders are engaged in discipleship environments like small groups.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. In fact, it can’t be. Your community needs your churc...

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Your Next Vision Sermon Series Needs These 3 Themes leadership preaching

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Are you preaching a vision sermon series? In this video, I'll break down the 3 themes you need to make sure you include in order to align, unify, and propel your church toward the vision God has...

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How Struggling Churches Can Begin to Thrive Again leadership

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85% of churches are stuck or in decline. They're struggling. But why? This powerful chart will show you why YOUR church is stuck and how to begin reversing the trend.

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3 Leadership Mistakes That Keep Pastors Stuck leadership

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Pastor, have you ever felt like no matter how hard you work, your church just… isn’t moving forward? Like you’re pouring yourself out week after week, but still spinni...

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[Workshop] Declining vs Healthy Churches: How Intentional Pastors Lead Healthy, Disciple-Making Churches leadership

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In this workshop, learn how intentional pastors lead healthy, disciple-making churches.

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3 Things to Do After Easter (to keep the momentum) leadership

You’re energized and exhausted at the same time.

I get it.

So while you’re recovering from all that God did during Easter weekend, I want to help you stay intentional and strategic so that you can join God in the momentum He’s building in your church.

3 Things to Do After Easter

1. Follow up wit...

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3 Ministry Enemies Solo Pastors Must Slay leadership

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If you're a solo pastor, you know the challenges that come with it. Recently, a pastor in the Preach & Lead community emailed me about the challenges they faced as a solo pastor. This is my [expanded] reply.

If I were a solo pastor, this is what I'd ...

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30 Must-Read Books for Church Leaders in 2025 (Recommended by Church Leaders) leadership preaching

Every year, I love asking fellow church leaders, preachers, and pastors what their favorite books were from the past year that they would recommend to other church leaders.

This year's response didn't disappoint. 

So, as you look to what you plan on reading in 2025, consider grabbing these must-re...

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7 Questions Every Christian Leader Should Answer (before 2025) leadership

Wisdom comes from learned-from experience. These 7 questions will help you do a prayerful year-end review so that you gain more wisdom and live & lead with more intentionality in the new year. 2024 has plenty of lessons to teach us, so let's not waste it as we move into 2025.

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My 6 Favorite Productivity Tools for Ministry (to get more done) leadership

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There's a lot of things to get done in ministry. You manage a lot. So if there's a way to do the work we do better, I want to know about it. So to help you out with some tools I've found to be extremely helpful in my...

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Top 5 Things Intentional Pastors Do in the Fall leadership preaching

The fall is my favorite leadership season.

It’s often a time when momentum can be built in the church while simultaneously getting your leaders together to dream about the future.

And on top of that, it’s the perfect opportunity to work in a few Dallas Cowboys illustrations (often to illustrate su...

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How to Use Notion (for ministry) - Beginner to Intermediate Tutorial leadership

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Have you wanted to make the most of Notion for your ministry work as a pastor or church leader?

In this video, you'll learn the basics of Notion so that you can begin using it with less overwhelm and more confidence (so that you can become more product...

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