Teams are far from a new concept by now, but few teams function well, and fewer still are what I’d label as “high functioning teams.” What elevates a group of individuals that work for a common goal to a team that is able to do great things?
Top 25 Fastest Growing Large United Methodist Churches, 2018 Edition
Growth churches are the result of ministries focused on changing hearts, lives and communities. These top 25 fastest growing, large United Methodist Churches tell stories of changing the world and building God’s kingdom.
A List of Church Creative Jobs for Arts, Communications and Media Teams
If you’re going to properly staff a church creative team in both paid and volunteer roles, then you need to be able to think about your situation in terms of job functions, not positions. What are the essential church creative jobs for an effective communications and media team?
Overcome Your Troubles and Learn to be Your Own Creative Leader
Most creatives and communicators I know that work in the church suffer from too much to do and not enough time to do it. What if the problem is our fault?
Church Creative Arts and Communications Problems? Take This Quiz
What does your church creative arts and communications ministry look like? To improve your situation, discover what’s going on.
5 Characteristics of a Church Like Pixar
f you could look at a church and say that their creative prowess made them a church like Pixar, what would you be talking about? Here are 5 characteristics.
The Blissful Lie That Statistics Don’t Matter in Church
When it comes to dismissing the value of statistics in church, I have heard it all. Most excuses try to justify decline. The fact is, statistics matter.
The 1-3-5-7 Method to Making an Outstanding Creative Culture
I call it the 1-3-5-7 Method – the leadership work of building a sustainable creative culture that thrives beyond an individual leader’s influence. The premise of the method is that it takes a minimum of seven years to build something that lasts.
How The Fourth Era of Marketing Can Help You Build Relationships
Good communication begins with understanding the people with whom you’re communicating. The goal of church marketing isn’t selling. It’s building relationships. We of all people in the church should know this.
A Day in the Life of a Church Creative Director
Ever wondered what a church creative director does? I am the Creative and Communications Director at St Andrew, a large in the Dallas area. Often, people ask what I do. Creative leadership is one of the most important things a church can have. Here’s a typical day.
You Have Two Choices: Lead Up or Complain Down
Something going wrong? You have two options – lead up or complain down. But, you say, you don’t know my boss! And, perhaps it’s as tough as you say. But before you gave up, consider two moments in the Scriptures when someone had an option to lead up or complain down.
Struggling with change resistance? Use this vision toolkit
If you are trying to create a specific future – a growing company, a healthy church, a community of people – then you assuredly face opposition. In their book Illuminate, Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanche outline why this is and how story can you help move forward.
