Who Will Staff Your Church Tomorrow?
by Thom Schultz As the speed of change heats up, what kinds of people will staff the churches of tomorrow? We posed that question at the Future of the Church…
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Is Your Children’s Curriculum Infected?
by Thom Schultz We sounded a somewhat irreverent alarm over 25 years ago about the state of children’s curriculum in churches. The book that my wife Joani and I wrote, …
The Stickiness of Experience
“So he [Jesus] got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the…
You Can Be a Lifesaver in the Digital Ocean
by Joani Schultz Do you love swimming in the ocean? Or do you fear it? Maybe you’re like me. Swimming in water, I like. Swimming in technology, I fear. So…
Seeing Change Differently
by Joani Schultz Change is scary. What’s happening to the church as we know it makes a lot of us nervous. Even downright fearful. All this change reminds me of…
Change in the Wind
by Rick Chromey Spring has truly sprung. Everywhere you look, trees bud, grass greens, and birds nest. As the days warm, there’s the promise of better days ahead. The dark,…
5 Tips for Creating Healthy Change
by Bob D’Ambrosio The unique culture of the church seems to make it harder to facilitate change than what we see happening in other organizations. Change management is such a…
Creating a Ministry With Vision
By Thom Schultz A friend stopped by and mentioned he had left his church. I learned he wasn’t alone. It seems a large chunk of the congregation has fled, along…
I Don’t Need to Change, and I Certainly Don’t Want To!
That header up above, well, that was me. I knew it all. I had it all figured out. I got outstanding results. I got results through fear and intimidation. But…
When Vision Is Cloudy: 5 Things to Sharpen Your Focus
by Bob D’Ambrosio “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) If your vision for your ministry’s future is cloudy, you’re not alone. Many ministry leaders charge…
