We’re Celebrating 3 years of coaching, resourcing and investing in leaders by doing our biggest sale of the year! We’re putting all of our resources on sale this week for 40% off! But the same ends tonight at midnight (May 22nd)! Here’s a sample of the resources that are on sale: The Leadership Pipeline Digital Evangelism Direct Mail Secrets Getting Unstuck (new resource!) New … Read More
The Ninja Resources Sale ends Tomorrow!
We’re Celebrating 3 years of coaching, resourcing and investing in leaders by doing our biggest sale of the year! We’re putting all of our resources on sale this week for 40% off! But the same ends tomorrow (May 22nd)! Here’s a sample of the resources that are on sale: The Leadership Pipeline Digital Evangelism Direct Mail Secrets Getting Unstuck (new resource!) New Believer Follow … Read More
Craziness! Our Entire Store is 40% off!
We’re Celebrating 3 years of coaching, resourcing and investing in leaders by doing our biggest sale of the year! We’re putting all of our resources on sale this week for 40% off! Yes you read that correctly! Here’s a sample of the resources that are on sale: The Leadership Pipeline Digital Evangelism Direct Mail Secrets Getting Unstuck (new resource!) New Believer Follow Up … Read More
Let’s Celebrate Ninja-Style!
3 years ago I started recording resources and providing coaching for Pastors and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to help your church reach its’ full potential. We’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of churches and we’re celebrating by putting all of our resources on sale this week for 40% off! Yes you read that correctly! Here’s a sample of the resources that are on sale: The Leadership Pipeline Digital Evangelism Direct Mail Secrets … Read More
Why Pastors Give Up
Pastors seem to dropping out of ministry like … A variety of reasons are cited, but if you drill down, here’s what you’ll find… Pastors.are.tired. They’re wiped out and burnt out. Why? Because they’re doing all the work alone. There’s so much pressure to grow. So much pressure to take everything to the next level that Pastors are left with the burden of “making it happen” all by themselves. It’s why we need to follow the “Jethro Principle” found in Exodus 18. You know, where Jethro tells Moses to delegate responsibility and train leaders who can lead “thousands, hundreds, fifties … Read More
A Wacky way to Double your Volunteers
Something strange is happening at Calvary (the church I Pastor). People are signing up to volunteer in droves. It’s bordering on Black Friday at the mall crowds for people to get plugged in to serve. Here’s why this is odd: I’ve only taught one message in the last 12 months on servanthood (I know, not enough.) But people are signing up to volunteer faster than a politician can spend other people’s money. Why is this happening? It’s weird. Wacky some might say. But it’s totally effective… and even a little fun. Here it is: People know that we have a … Read More
Interview: The Measure of Our Success
This is an interview that I did with my friend Shawn Lovejoy on the release of his new book, “The Measure of our Success”. This is a great book that pastors need to get their hands on. Bob: Shawn, you’ve been a blogger for a long time…why a book? Why now? Shawn: Well, believe it or not, I don’t love to write. I just feel passionate about some things and that drives my laptop keyboard at times. I must say, though, that I just felt compelled by God to write this book. That’s the only thing that would move me … Read More
How to Be the Brad Pitt of Church Leadership
One of my favorite books is “Moneyball” by Michael Lewis. It’s about how the Oakland A’s consistently make it into the post-season, yet they spend a fraction of the cost that a team like the Yankees spend. They recently made a movie about it starring Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the General Manager of the A’s, who is the mastermind behind the team’s success. So what’s the secret to the team’s success and what does it have to do with church leadership? The A’s found that investing in their farm system allowed them to be competitive and it kept their … Read More
A Leadership Conspiracy Theory
I’ve noticed something in the church leadership “genre” that seems to be overlooked. Maybe you’ve noticed it too… Lots of books on how to be a better leader, but very few on how to develop and train leaders within your church. It’s like there’s a group of “Church Leadership Illuminati” that are keeping this info from getting to us. Maybe I’ve just watched too many episodes of the X-Files 🙂 Or maybe there really is a hole in the leadership information that’s available. I’ve worked with thousands of churches like yours and most of them are looking for solutions on … Read More
Theorists are Dangerous to Listen to
I attended a conference this year and one of the speakers was waxing wise about leadership development and discipleship. It sounded pretty good until someone asked him a question about his experience implementing these ideas. The dude turned white as a ghost. That’s when we all found out the news. It.was.all.theory. 100% of it. I fear for the Pastor who implements his ideas in their church. It could seriously hurt his church. That’s why I think books by theorists need to have a “Surgeon General” type warning as though you were buying a pack of smokes. If you know anything … Read More
