Host Dave Travis interviews Brent Dolfo in this 16 minute show about church leadership development. Notes from this interview: It’s time to rethink the process in churches. How Leadership Development…
Katie Allred shares the story of how she started the Church Communications facebook group and how she gained nearly 16,000 members just two years into it. Nils Smith and Nick…
Our 2018 Survey of Large Church Salary, Staffing and Benefits is now LIVE and ready for participants! Widely known as our “salary survey,” this research identifies benchmarks, ratios and salary…
By Eric Swanson and Matt Engel “If you aim at nothing you will hit it every time.” Zig Ziglar Big data does not help a church that has no…
Every multisite church has a strategy. You considered, with great intentionality, what multisite would look like at the locations you were going to launch. You studied other successful churches and…
D.J. Soto, founder and pastor of Virtual Reality Church, shares with us his story on how the first VR Church came to life. Nils Smith and Nick Runyon also discuss…
Great Leadership Development practices also include a bit of math. In this episode of The Stir, a new podcast on Church Innovation and Implementation, Brent Dolfo talks about how churches…
Just last week we released our latest multisite research report titled: “Latest Multisite Trends: How a New Generation of Pastors Is Shifting to Strategies that Reproduce and Multiply.” If you…
“Coming in we thought we were doing good at leadership development, but now we see a path to becoming a lot better.” In their newly released research on multisite…
Vine gained so much popularity during its first release in 2013. The sensational app garnered over 200 million active users, yet, it was discontinued by 2016. In December 2017, Dom…
Our fearless research director, Dr. Warren Bird, has done it again. By mining the great insights of the polling we did in 2017 he has uncovered more great facts that clearly…
“It isn’t about the leader. It never was about the leader. It will never be about the leader. It will always and only be about Jesus and his people.” –…
Churches are missing so many data points and opportunities to use this data to better impact their local communities. This data can be the key to revealing unseen issues, giving…
By Eric Swanson & Matt Engel Every church that is thriving and multiplying has become really good at a critical five things. Every church that is plateaued or is slowly…
Could high-capacity givers be the most overlooked people at your church? You probably have strategies in place to coach people in financial trouble or who need of benevolent help. But…
The STIR- is the new podcast from Dave Travis of Leadership Network. What is the latest in Leadership Development in large churches? This edition focuses on Church Leadership Development. The…
When church leaders ask questions like this… How much should we keep in cash reserves? How much debt is safe? What financial measures should our church’s leadership monitor each month?…
“Expect to see more from your friends, family and groups, see less public content like posts from businesses, brands, and media.. encouraging meaningful interactions between people.” – Mark Zuckerberg In…
Here’s something exciting to start off the year! Nils Smith and Nick Runyon break the biggest news on Social Media Church to date and shares with us their social media…
Good words are worth much and cost little. – George Herbert Join us in this podcast as Wes Gay, copywriter of Storybrand and Pushpay, unveils the importance of creating a…
As the Christmas season is upon us, I wanted to share a special hope and prayer for you. Click or tap below to watch: Let Us Pray for You and…
In this episode of the podcast, my good friend and regular guest, Kenny Jahng will be sharing with us his experience participating in this season’s social media trend called Vlogmas,…
Your tax-deductible donations will support the general work of Leadership Network. Our clients pay some of the costs through their program fees. All of our programs have a fee attached…
“I can’t wait until we are in our own building.” Not so fast. This statement is heard a lot among church planters and campus pastors who are currently in portable…
In our continuing list of nuggets uncovered in our Leadership Network/Portable Church Industries upcoming report, this insight sounds obvious. Recall first that the churches in Leadership Network’s sample universe tend…
As we near the end of 2017, givers will once again be looking for ways to be generous while maximizing their tax benefits associated with charitable giving. ECFA’s blog “7…
Pastoral training models are constantly evolving. In our continuing series (link to the previous here, here, and here) of nuggets discovered in our soon-to-be released report from Leadership Network/Portable Church…
Millennials are leaving the church in droves. Can evangelical Christianity survive without them? Through a unique and brilliant synthesis of theology and sociology, David John Seel argues that millennials can…
Recently, I sat down with Alan Briggs, author of Everyone’s a Genius: Unleashing Creativity for the Sake of the World, a recent release through Leadership Network’s NEXT series. Alan, through…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird I call it “The Sermon on the Amount.” Everybody knows it’s coming: ”Turn in your Bibles to Malachi.” Veteran Christians can predict that it’s…
How much cash should our church have set aside in reserve? If you’ve ever been guilty of asking this question (and you should be!), you’ll love this short blog from…
In this special edition of the podcast I will be sharing my recent experience at Museum of the Bible. I also have a special guest (my wife!) joining us for…
Multisite churches rate themselves 82% more likely to be multipliers than a church that has never launched a new campus or site. We continue to unpack some of our findings…
What does it take to develop generous givers in your church, and address people’s hearts more than their wallets? Churches need to shift the conversation from obligatory tithing and meeting…
by Jenni Keller See below for the most important webinar you’ll attend this year. If you could identify every single person in your community who would respond favorably to an…
See below for the most important webinar you’ll attend this year. Nehemiah asked his brother for two key data points after his brother returned from Jerusalem (Neh.1:2): “Tell me about…
How much help is social media for a church planter? In this podcast, lead pastor of New City Church, Dylan Dodson shares with us his story in planting a church…
Being a couple in ministry is a daunting and difficult task. Many couples find that ministry is all-encompassing, time with your spouse is hard to prioritize, the pressure is overwhelming…
What if your church could make significant progress in the next thirty days in a key ministry area? Every leader wants to see results. And Leadership Network’s new Implementation Lab…
Why is social media ministry unappealing to some churches? There are many reasons that some churches stay away from being fully immersed in social media. For some, it’s a…
Here’s a collection of interesting, thought-provoking articles from around the web from recent weeks. For more links, check out our Flipboard magazines: Leadership Network Today, Leadership Network Deep Trends, and Ideas…
Yes it does, but not exactly how you might guess. The reality is that most Protestant churches in North America are smaller, as the visuals illustrate below. Further, about 80% are…
Which pastors are more likely to have visions for planting new churches or new sites? In an upcoming major research report from Leadership Network and Portable Church Industries, we found…
83% of Pastors Under Age 40 “Have a Future Vision to Plant/Launch” a New Church or New Site In an upcoming major report that Leadership Network and Portable Church…
What is a secret shopper’s job in the field of ministry? How can this improve a church’s overall effectiveness in ministering their communities? In this episode, author of Secrets of…
Leadership Network’s Implementation LAB makes its debut in just a few weeks. Today, we are excited to announce some of our speaker line-up and topics: November 2017 – Kara Powell – Strategies…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Ron Jones was doing pre-marital counseling with a young couple when it became clear they were on very different pages regarding finances. “He had…
