Psst, want a job?
2010 was a disaster if you were looking for work. Our church prayer requests were centered heavily on people finding jobs the past 18 months and nearly everyone knows someone who’s been unemployed for...
View ArticlePsst, Want a job? (part 2)
Yesterday I started a three-part series on how to get hired at Hope. You can see the first one here. After networking and doing your research, you need to creatively engage us. This usually means you...
View ArticlePsst, Want a Job? (Part 3)
This is post three talking about how to get a job at Hope. (See the first and second) If you are reading this far, either you really want to work here or you are, well, one of my family! (Hi Continue...
View ArticleEngaging Millennials Financially
Millennials (20-35) have a bad rap in churches. Previous research paints them as being cheap (not giving very often, not giving very much) and unwilling to invest in church. But a new study by Achieve...
View ArticleTag Lines
Recently some of Hope’s leaders were gathered thinking strategically and talking about our vision and mission. We need to update our verbiage and renew our common language so we can simply, clearly,...
View ArticleChurch Exit
Recently I met with friends who are leaving our church. From social media postings it was clear that what they needed in a church we didn’t provide. It was not a surprise but it was, and is, painful....
View ArticleFour Lessons from the Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy
In a church leadership forum, Ron Keener from Church Executive asked what we thought of the recent sale of the Crystal Cathedral to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange by a bankruptcy court. He asked...
View ArticleThree Ways to Change your Church this Year
January is the busiest month at any gym. Gym rats know that hundreds of new members crowd in after the first but things go back to normal by mid-February. New Year’s resolutions to get in shape, lose...
View Article10 Steps to Prevent Church Theft
Churches don’t like to think that someone may be stealing from them, but it happens more often than we want to think. A 2012 fraud investigative report documented that 10% of all fraud cases occurred...
View ArticleWhy every Church Leader should Pay attention to Systems
When it comes to nonprofits, most leaders rarely think about systems and processes. That’s a mistake. Most pastors are unprepared for building effective ministry systems. It’s not their fault. Churches...
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