The Lead Summit Kicked off today hosted by Pastor Dave Gilpin and Hope City Church in Sheffield. It is one of my favourite conferences and each year we take a small team from our Church. […]
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Margin, How Successful People Work Less and Achieve More
As part of my research for the current sermon series at Christian Life Church I read the following article which I thought you would find very insightful and helpful. As co-founder of Hotwire.com and CEO […]
3 Helpful Steps For Setting Good Targets
In the last year our network of churches (Groundlevel) has begun a process of developing, alongside partners in South Africa and the USA, a program for churches which we have together […]
Why Changing Perception Is Critical
“Action is not the result of intentional reasoned thought but passion.” – James K A Smith. Smith who is a philosopher and theologian is making the point that we are primarily shaped more by the […]
Our Need For We
We are the I Generation. Sociologists call what is happening in our world, ‘The Rampant Individualisation of Society.’ The focus is me. This posture has crept into our Spirituality and today, on my 50th Birthday, I […]
My Plan To Be A Better Leader As I Grow Older
I turn 50 in a few weeks, and there’s nothing I can do about it. In a culture that celebrates youth, it’s easy to believe the only key to impact is to be young. Just as we can […]
6 Habits Of Growing Churches
In the March edition of Inc. magazine, Leigh Buchanan interviews Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao about the practices of companies who successfully grow and scale. You can read the interview HERE. I found their […]
Stop The Self Deprecation
This blog post is from Cole Nesmith, I really enjoyed it… CHRISTIANS ARE PRETTY GOOD AT SELF DEPRECATING. We value it as some sort of symbol for holiness. I suppose the idea is taken from […]
7 Changes Driven By Church Growth
Last monday I posted on 8 Reasons Most Churches Are Below 200. It drew lots of interest and comments from all around the world. One of the main reasons for posting was to raise the […]
8 Reasons Most Churches Are Below 200
While social media, and even traditional media, are still preoccupied with megachurches and multisite churches, the reality is that most churches in North America & Britain are quite small. The Barna group pegs the average […]
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