Practical Church

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support. Mission Support This episode was brought to you by Mission Support.  Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again! HERE ARE THE FIVE CONVICTIONS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE Theological clarity Don't avoid hard biblical passages Don't make every ministry preference a biblical mandate Be slow to adopt a ministry trend Be willing to lose people over biblical convictions (BONUS) Commit to making faithful decisions - not survival decisions Get more church tips and advice Click here to join the Practical Church Facebook group

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support. Mission Support This episode was brought to you by Mission Support.  Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again! HERE ARE THE SEVEN TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE Calendly meeting locations Don't want to know serving call outs Having a semi-fixed calendar Staying ahead on sermon prep Use repeatable templates  Taking a sabbath Caring less about my specific church Get more church tips and advice Click here to join the Practical Church Facebook group

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support. Mission Support This episode was brought to you by Mission Support.  Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again! HERE ARE THE SIX TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE A culture of excellence  You need to satisfactorily explain every decision  People are already serving or giving as much as they can Preaching is the most important thing for growing a church The importance of a nice space  People will live missionally without guidance/leadership Get more church tips and advice Click here to join the Practical Church Facebook group

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support. Mission Support This episode was brought to you by Mission Support.  Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again! HERE ARE THE SEVEN TIPS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE Work on intro last Aim for X amount of stories/illustrations Give practical ways to live out the text - not just theory  People will listen more if you make them laugh Response = engagement  The beginning of your sermon has an outsized influence in how much people will connect with it Remember: people are hurting and need hope Get more church tips and advice Click here to join the Practical Church Facebook group

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast, brought to you in partnership with Mission Support. Mission Support This episode was brought to you by Mission Support.  Stay focused on your mission and let Mission Support help you with everything you didn't go to seminary for! Get support from experts with decades of experience working with churches who know your unique needs and challenges. Click here to talk with a guide today & love being a pastor again! HERE ARE THE SEVEN THINGS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE Give out your phone number Follow up with new guests from your phone number Offer to get coffee/lunch with every new person (how we do it at New City…) Worry about changing relationships with people at your church if/when that time comes (call last week - said his relationship with me a big reason why he loves New City = might change later, but not right now!) Personally ask people to come to stuff / serve at stuff (don't just assume they will) Answer all your emails (kind of a joke, but also questions people email can take longer, answer them!0 Don't focus everything on how to scale Get more church tips and advice Click here to join the Practical Church Facebook group

Welcome to the Practical Church podcast. THE BEST MINUTE NEWSLETTER Build better habits, become more productive, and grow in your life and leadership. All in under 60 seconds per week. Get my Best Minute newsletter. And to connect with me online, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram. HERE ARE THE 5 WAYS I DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE Don't put your main scriptures on the screen Don't give people the option to sit so far apart from each other Don't ask people too many options (serving, groups, etc.) - get them in and then give options later Restrict your available time to meet with people (same amount of available time - just more focused) Ask people to step into bigger roles (they won't ask themselves