Healthy churches are praying churches. It seems cliche and perhaps even a bit obvious, but the reality is that few churches make prayer a priority. If how conflict is handled is the #2 determinant in church health, then prayer is #1. We often tell God our plans and ask (or Read more…
Patrick Lencioni notes, “Organizational health trumps everything.” Healthy churches focus on adoption rather than assimilation. Historically, the church has taken the following approach to people: Believe the right things. Behave the right way (ie, like we behave). Then you can Belong. This is not consistent with the life and ministry Read more…
Patrick Lencioni notes, “Organizational health trumps everything.” Healthy churches do conflict well. The number two factor as to whether or not a church is healthy and growing is how they handle conflict (in case you are wondering, being a praying church is number 1). Luckily, Jesus gave us specific instructions Read more…
Habit #1: Healthy churches make decisions in a healthy way. How does a church make a decision in a healthy way? Here are some key principles: Make the decision for the right reason Wrong reasons include: fear, reactivity, pleasing people, tradition Right reasons include: reaching people, making disciples, church health Read more…
Organization health trumps everything. The most important thing you can do for your church, the best advantage you can give your church is to do all you an to ensure it is the healthiest it can be. So, what are the key factors in church health? Throughout various blog posts Read more…
In his book, The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni asserts that organizational health trumps every other advantage, resource or asset for an organization. This truth can be transformative for leaders and churches in particular, if we are willing to embrace it. No church can or needs to be the biggest, most technologically Read more…
Organizational health trumps everything. The most important thing you can do for your church, the best advantage you can give your church is to do all you an to ensure it is the healthiest it can be. People do not want to become a part of something that is unhealthy Read more…
Organizational health trumps everything. ~Patrick Lencioni Organizations cannot be healthy if their leaders are not healthy. Our focus is on empowering and equipping churches and leaders to create lasting and transformational health. This is just one resource in helping leaders examine their life and health. The goal of this inventory Read more…
Leadership guru Patrick Lencioni notes that ‘organizational health trumps everything.’ No leadership axiom has proven to be more true in my lifetime. As we seek to build and revitalize the global church, our primary focus is on empowering and equipping churches and leaders to create lasting and transformational health. Each Read more…
We are excited to offer the following seminars for 2020! Date Time (eastern) Topic Cost: Network Members Cost: Non Network Members Register Thur. 6/25 10am-Noon QPR Suicide Prevention Training $10* $15* By 6/20 Here Tue. 6/30 2-4pm Leading Through Change $15 $30 By 6/27 Here Tue. 7/14 2-4pm Generational Understanding Read more…
