Many people in our churches are heading toward burnout in the areas they serve, but they still feel like no one has invited them to do anything challenging, exciting, or creative for…
To view the current newsletter in a rich graphic format, click here. Advance – August 29, 2017 In this Issue… The 400 Gathering: A Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience in Silicon Valley Fresh…
Imagine you’re the leader of a church with a healthy contingent of high-capacity givers, and some of those givers are blessing your church with generous financial contributions. There’s a…
That’s a question we were asked by a large, prominent church in a large, major city. Their feeling was that the longstanding Saturday evening service drew only 600 people…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Standard discipleship programs train new believers in the basics of how to study the Bible, pray and share their faith. But there is…
Are you ready to be a person of influence across cultures and ethnic groups? Whether you lead an existing multicultural ministry or you desire for your ministry to become…
By Warren Bird With the tremendous growth and expansion of large churches in the U.S. and Canada, it’s easy to speculate that “we” are leading the way as pacesetters. That…
As we continue to introduce more and more large churches to our RoadMap process, we’ve found this introductory content to be extremely beneficial to leaders who are looking to understand what…
In his latest release in the Leadership Network NEXT/Harper Collins Christian Publishing Book Series, renowned leadership consultant, Samuel R. Chand details the account of the construction of the Panama Canal…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Growing your church and your people in generosity is important to you and us. That’s why Leadership Network has developed HUB:Generosity for larger churches…
To view the current newsletter in a rich graphic format, click here. Advance – July 18, 2017 In this Issue… Five New Reasons Why You DO Want to Launch that…
By Greg Ligon People are different. They think differently. They have different desires. Thankfully—many times—they have different ideas. The way they process and share those ideas are different from other…
To view the current newsletter in a rich graphic format, click here. Advance – August 8, 2017 In this Issue… The Mythical Leader: The Seven Myths of Leadership WATCH:…
What’s on your summer reading list? Here are my recommendations for church leaders: Bigger Faster Leadership by Samuel R. Chand Renowned leadership consultant, Samuel R. Chand details the account…
Facebook has won the social media war! Nils and Jay share their thoughts on how Facebook has topped the social media networks, and name some better things Facebook did and…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Campus pastors at multisite churches have plenty of plates to keep spinning. On top of what it takes to start and grow a thriving…
Leadership Network VP Greg Ligon and Director of Missional Engagement John Poitevent talked with Mingo Palacios, Pastor of Evangelism and Culture at Saddleback Church. Drawing from his experience with young adults, micro-sites…
Campus pastors at multisite churches have plenty of plates to keep spinning. So many, in fact, that a vital one may get missed. In this latest Leadership Network generosity podcast, Chris…
By Lee Kricher Our church needed to make a tough decision. In the fall of 2003, I became Senior Pastor of Amplify Church, an evangelical church in the eastern suburbs of…
by Tony Morgan For businesses, success is all about the bottom line—money. Though my mission is to help churches get unstuck, I love the periodic opportunities I have to serve…
How did Facebook win in social media? Jay and Nils discuss more trends about social media, especially Facebook. Nils recently went to Facebook’s F8 Conference, it’s primarily a conference for…
There has been a lot of negative press for millennials lately, and as someone working in that arena I felt the need to respond. One article on “harsh realities millennials…
In our efforts to lead people in our churches toward lives of generosity and to honor God with their finances, we might have unknowingly created an “imbalanced narrative”—an uneven story…
How can church leaders use Facebook for their ministries? Integrating Facebook as an advertising tool in our church or ministry can create a big impact in connecting and engaging with…
How do you tell your church ministry stories on social media? In this episode, Nils Smith is with Brady Shearer from Pro Church Tools. Pro Church Tools is an online…
By Warren Bird As you probably know, only 20% of churches exceed 200 in average attendance. And likewise, a large percentage of staff-led and lay-led ministries within a church hit…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird “Vision casting” is one of those often-nebulous duties on a pastor’s job description that is tough to master. How do you crack the code…
Do you believe that social media can boost your ministry? Nils Smith is joined by Warren Bird from Leadership Network for this week’s episode. They talk about the core trends…
Well-meaning church leaders and planters often set out to radically transform their communities for Christ-kingdom causes. Their aspirations and visions are limitless. However, often the best-laid plans fail to yield…
“What is the common secret to their success? The answer is their organizational culture. Their unique cultural imperatives provide a clear ‘roadmap’ for exceptional individual and organizational success.” In our…
By Warren Bird Does your church want to do a better job engaging young adults? The good news is that we have lots of help available. For quick-bite ideas see…
Virtual/Augmented Reality and Facebook Messenger are now a trend with their latest updates that are also essential in interacting and connecting people together. Nils and Jay have been talking about…
How can we integrate technology and social media to our churches? Jeremy Smith of Churchmag joins Nils Smith in this week’s SMC podcast. Churchmag, formerly Churchcrunch, is a place that…
As a church leader, how do you cast a vision that inspires people to live a life of generosity and get behind what you believe God is calling your church…
by Dick Blanc Every year an annual competition is held by Fortune magazine. From a sea of more than 700,000 companies in the world, a scant 50 companies are chosen and…
Social media is a great way to build an online community where people can connect with each other. In this week’s Social Media Church podcast episode, Nils Smith and Jay…
What’s the next big thing in social media over the next few years? Kenny Jahng, the Pastor of Media and Innovation at Liquid Church, joins Nils in this week’s podcast…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird You’ve realized that having a generosity and stewardship ministry is a major need at your church, but where do you start? When you…
It seems like Social Media has gone to the next level in terms of communicating and connecting people together. In today’s episode, Halie Powell joins the conversation as they talk…
Campus Pastors have quickly become one of the most crucial roles at multisite churches across North America. However, as a church grows and expands, one of the first challenges to…
Jay has been interviewing different church online pastors for a series he has been doing on jaykranda.com/blog. In this podcast Jay turns the tables and interviews Nils and asks how…
By John McGee Jesus said that the world would know us by our love. But when you look at the church and the world, there’s not a lot of difference…
Nils and Jay use Zoom.us Webinar Facebook Live feature for the first time to capture their podcast. Check out the playback of the event on their Facebook Page! During the…
By Warren Bird Dr. Dennis Episcopo uses an innovative method for determining ministries at Appleton Alliance Church in Appleton, WI, where he is pastor. He asks community leaders what they…
Whether a church plant or a campus one of the challenges of starting a new congregation is putting together a music team. I saw this from Chris Surratt (my brother)…
Over the years, our team at Leadership Network has observed that most churches do not have a comprehensive plan to teach biblical generosity and stewardship. And that is a problem….
Large high performing organizations are remarkably self-aware. They know who they are, they know what they do well, they have deep insight into ever-changing community and market needs and they…
Eric Swanson, author of The Externally Focused Quest, shares 5 common characteristics of successful missionally minded churches. 1) They believe that missional churches help cities to thrive. 2) They understand…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird When we talk to people in our churches about money, we usually end up on topics such as budgeting, managing your resources and…
In today’s episode, Nils interviews Beth Debayle, a Digital Strategist at Dunham+Company. They talked about how to reach the millennials and how can it be of help to online ministry….
