In a recent podcast interview, I was struck by a statement Shawn Lovejoy made. He said, “I’ve never met a leader in all my…
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Church Growth
4 Reasons Churches Don’t Sustain Their Growth (Why Attendance Goes Up But Always Comes Down) Year after year churches are stuck in the "loop of doom" with attendance increasing only to return to their historical average time after time. There has to be a way to stop repeating the cycle.
Let’s be clear at the beginning, you can’t grow your church. Well, I guess technically you could scheme your way to increased attendance numbers,…
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September Sermon Series Giveaway Download the 6-week sermon series, "My Life Under Construction"
This month Excellentpastor.com is giving away a 6-week series, “My Life Under Construction” Sermon topics include: Taking personal responsibility for the ruins in your…
Church Growth
Episode 22 – How To Create, Communicate, and Protect the Vision For Your Church with Shawn Lovejoy
Click Here to listen and Subscribe on iTunes Shawn Lovejoy is the Founder & CEO of CourageToLead.com. His heart beats for coaching leaders and…
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August Sermon Series Giveaway Download the 4-week sermon series, "Long Hair Don't Care"
This month Excellentpastor.com is giving away a 4-week series, “Long Hair Don’t Care” Sermon topics include: The reasons God asks us to live a…
Leadership
9 Things A Pastor Needs To Remember When Someone Leaves The Church When families leave the church it can cause a pastor to get defensive or deflated, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Click Here to listen and Subscribe on iTunes If it hasn’t happened yet it will; get ready. No matter how great of a pastor,…
Church Planting
Episode 20 – Developing Leaders, Sharing the Spotlight, & Dreaming Bigger Dreams with Dave Ferguson
Click Here to listen and Subscribe on iTunes Pastor Dave Ferguson pastors Community Christian Church in the Chicago area. He also leads Exponential a…
Church Growth
Episode 19 – Lessons Learned from Planting A Portable Church and Merging an Existing Church with Wesley Weatherford
Click Here to listen and Subscribe on iTunes Pastor Wesley Weatherford leads Oasis Church at Hephziba in Augusta GA. In this interview we talk…
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July Sermon Series Giveaway Download the 4-week sermon series, "Worst. Day. Ever."
This month Excellentpastor.com is giving away a 4-week series, “Worst. Day. Ever.” Sermon topics include: What To Do When You Find Out Bad News…
Family
Episode 18 – How To Be A Pastor With A Life and Nothing To Prove with Larry Osborne
Click Here to listen and Subscribe on iTunes Pastor Larry Osborne has pastored Northcoast Church for 38 years and over that time has seen…