Overview For many churches, discipleship has become a one-off course that you run, but the Great Commission puts it right at the heart of the church’s mandate. How do we do that more effectively? Now with the rise of online ministry, how do we effectively disciple people in an online setting? About Our Guest Nick […]
Summer is all but gone. And that means that as the leaves turn brown, the days get colder and the nights draw in, the church world turns its gaze to Christmas. However, this year everything has changed. COVID-19 is still rumbling on and new measures have been put in place by the Government to stop […]
Overview Christmas is a difficult season to plan for as a church. Planning for Christmas when you’re not sure what the COVID restrictions will be is even harder. The great news is that you can still get planning, regardless of the rules at Christmas time. By planning the foundations, the variables such as platform and […]
On 27th March 2019, The UK’s Parliament started their now famous ‘Indicative Votes’ – MPs voted on 8 separate issues in order to solve the Brexit conundrum. After unceremoniously rejecting both of then-Prime Minister Teresa May’s Brexit deals, Parliament took control and put forward 8 ideas, voting on them with a simple yes/no vote for […]
Overview Why does your church believe what it believes? Because the Bible says so? How did you come to that conclusion? There’s a saying, “Process over Product” but when it comes to what we believe, we spend more time thinking about the product than the process. Our theology is dependent on our process to get […]
I grew up in the era of Pearce Brosnan being James Bond. Goldeneye was the classic, and the Bond Car was peak-Bond – a BMW Z3 fitted with stinger missiles. Who knows where the engine would fit with all of the technology going on, but that’s not the point. The point was, James had a secret weapon whenever he […]
Overview Church Values are on most church websites, usually tucked away in a dusty corner of the About Us page, and don’t really mean an awful lot. In fact, they tend to be some words we like, but they have very little affect on how we do what we do. However, when used properly, values […]
When it comes to leadership ability, there are two schools of thought. In the red corner there is the belief in born leaders. You could even go far as saying it’s a God-given gift, and indeed in Romans 12:8, leadership is listed as a divinely-bestowed gift. The thought is that you should be able to […]
Overview Leadership Development is a much talked about subject, but so little thought goes into systematising it. We often put it down to a natural born gift, or believing the cream will rise to the top. However, this rarely happens. As church leaders, it is our responsibility to grow the people within our care, including […]