January 2014 In light of New Song’s recent “I Heart My Church Weekend,” here are a few insights into why I LOVE My Church that may give you a renewed passion for yours! Jesus Loves His Church A quick read of the book of Acts or the letters in Revelation proves that Jesus loves his […]
The Five Rs of Setting Annual Goals
Why I Set Goals I don’t remember how I developed it, but one of the habits that stabilizes my world is goal-setting. I like setting annual goals, and I like completing them. Goals help me know where I am and where I’m going. They help me measure progress. I feel a sense of accomplishment when […]
Why you Should be Encouraged on Mondays, Pastor!
What does your church do for people? Probably more than you think. Every Monday morning, pastors are ready to walk away from ministry. It’s easy for us to forget how incredibly helpful the local church is in shaping and benefiting people’s lives. Last week I heard from a couple whose trajectory was completely changed by what they […]
Do Children of Church Planters Suffer?
As New Song ramps up to plant a church a year for the next several years, I’ve had conversations with five of my key guys about becoming church planters. Church planting is one of the most challenging sub-categories of pastoral ministry. One of my guys confessed recently, “I’m struggling with this potential call. I don’t […]
7 Reasons to Start a Pastors’ Roundtable Retreat
February 2013 I spent three days recently at a cabin with five other pastors, holding what we call a Roundtable. I’m from California. We met in Illinois, where it blizzarded one day and the temperature hit negative seven one night. I didn’t care. What we were doing was so important we didn’t need to go […]
Three Dozen Expressions of God’s Hand in 2012
People say we usually overestimate what we can get done in a year and underestimate what we can get done in five. But with God’s guidance, some pretty amazing things happened in 2012:
How to Help Other Churches Reach People for Christ
Helping other churches is a multiplication strategy. If you can help someone else do what you do well, you’ve doubled your effectiveness. More importantly, Genesis 12 indicates that we are blessed to be a blessing. Helping others has always been God’s intention for his people, particularly for leaders.
How to Launch 163,000 Churches
God has done exceedingly abundantly above all we could ask or imagine. By His grace, New Song has played a significant part in planting 163,000 churches around the world. Those 163,000 churches have seen over 7,000,000 come to Christ.
The other day I asked myself, “How did this happen?” …God often orchestrates miracles through the actions of people. So what can church leaders do to increase the potential for ministry miracles? I’ve got seven suggestions for you: