Multiply Your Leadership

One key to growing a healthy, growing, sustainable church is developing workers and leadership across the ministry. This is the first part of that process and follows the example of Jesus.

We start here by clarifying what it means to be a healthy, growing, and sustainable church.

We must avoid the tendency to rush into work. Prayer must be our first work.

Churches with fewer than 100 people are at risk of becoming unsustainable. The goal is not about attendance and finances; it is about being healthy, growing, and sustainable well into the future.  

We can do this better by following these 5 principles.

Many view a Christian employment environment as different than other workplaces. In some ways, that is true and not true.

When there is not adequate clarity on the front end, there will be problems on the back end.

Good compensation strategies in Christian organizations need both spiritual and strategic leadership.

Here we learn from Barnabas to balance both encouragement and exhortation.

Being positive is a good thing except when issues need to be addressed. Then clarity and courage are needed.

Going beyond the "I know a guy" strategy can lead to stronger searches and better outcomes.

Looking to fill a position by simply looking to someone you know is both common and problematic.

When a Christian organization uses primarily a family metaphor instead of a high performing team metaphor, problems can often follow.

Perry discusses their emphasis on Bible teaching and the church as a family. 

Many churches and Christian nonprofits struggle regularly with following good HR practices. In this series, we will address common concerns and provide practical ways to move forward.

Reflecting back can grow our awareness. Planning forward with intentionality can be life-changing.

When it comes to investing in relationships, this is a good time to look back and to look forward at your time with the Father, as well as time with family and friends.

This is a great time of year to reflect back on 2025 and to look forward to 2026. This is the first of a 4-part series on planning for 2026.

In this series, we have covered 10 different rhythms. Now, we discuss how you can get greater traction going forward.

A day or two of spiritual retreat can transform your life in ways that the other spiritual rhythms cannot.

We live in a rapidly changing world. Dr. Ted Kang, the Lead Pastor at San Jose Christian Alliance Church and Corporate Vice President of the C&MA, shares about his journey in leading an increasingly multicultural ministry.

Rest, while not common in our world today, can bring renewal to your soul and grow your faith in what God is doing.

Fasting can be a missing key in your spiritual rhythms. This is your opportunity to revisit this weekly practice.

Brian Long, the Lead Pastor at Foothills Church, shares about how staff, leadership, and congregational relationships have been central to his ministry PROGESS.

Spiritual Rhythms are not just in isolation. We benefit from involving others in our journey.

Rob discusses a number of constant rhythms (e.g., prayer, mindfulness, rest, etc.) that can grow our intimacy with Jesus.

Rob begins a 4-part series on Cultivating Constant Connection with Jesus (CCCwJ) through a variety of spiritual rhythms.

An outward-focused spiritual rhythm is having spiritual conversations with others.

Jesus said that he will be present when two or three gather in his name. So it is when we pray with others.

Pastors at churches of any size can develop and multiply leaders using the principles outlined here.

Take a pen and a simple notebook and write down your thoughts, emotions, and experiences in conversation with God. This can be transformational.

God desires our heartfelt worship for his glory. That looks different for different people.

Reading is a great way to slow down and engage the spiritual wisdom of the ages.

In our secular world, even Christians can put prayer on the back burner. I did that for too long.

The Scriptures are our best place to start as we seek to develop greater intimacy with Jesus.

Spiritual rhythms are key to our growing spiritual vitality. An overview of these 10 rhythms can give you some ideas that can move you forward.

This packed, 30-minute interview with Bill includes a website with a plan for any church, a testimony of how this approach brought Rick Mann to Christ, and more.

Take your discipling, mentoring, and coaching conversations to the next level by inviting the Holy Spirit to guide you.

There are some important things you can do as you wrap up your conversation with intentionality.

Progress happens as conversations lead to action.

The main section of discipling, mentoring, and coaching conversations is collaboration. Questions can play a critical role in these conversations.

Your time is more profitable when you clarify the purpose at the beginning.

Trust is built through caring. Caring is the starting point.

These tools can help you to develop the emerging leaders around you.

You and those around you can do this! Take these simple steps and share them with someone in your world.

These multiplying processes can be repeated with your emerging leaders.

The right kind of supervision can be invaluable in helping emerging leaders to improve.

As we mobilize and empower emerging leaders into new roles, they will need our on-going support.

Placing people into ministry roles is an important part of their growth and development.