Leadership Development: Leading Your Team Well
In our first post this month on Leadership Development, we talked about how everything rises and falls on leadership. There’s much as stake in us getting this right. We then talked about how to lead ourselves well by keeping Christ as the First Thing. And then we talked about how […]
Leadership Development: The First Thing
As you journey into developing as a leader, you will find so many great resources. From podcasts to books to conferences and beyond, there are tons of materials out there, many of which we recommend and use ourselves. With all of those tools right at our fingertips, however, it is […]
Great News!
We have some great news to share with you! It sometimes feels overwhelming to hear all the challenges the Church in the U.S. and around the world are facing. In 2015, Exponential and the Lifeway group conducted a research study. This study revealed that only 4% of churches across the […]
Culture: Counting the Cost – Part 2
There is a ton of buzz in churches these days regarding the need for some major cultural shifts. I believe the Holy Spirit is moving His bride in some dynamic ways at this moment in time. Some even say that we may see a 2nd Reformation in the Church over […]
Culture: Counting the Cost – Part 1
As we ramp up our discussion on church culture as we move closer to the first week of March when we will gather in Orlando for Exponential, one of the first points we need to tackle is counting the cost of making those small changes that will create a more […]
Captivating Culture
The book of Acts captures the captivating story of the birth and growth of the First Century Church. There are a few times in this amazing story where Luke clearly describes the ethos of the community that was forming. A wonderful example of this is found in Acts 2:42-47: “42They […]
The Posture of Surrender
So here we are — the last of this three-part series. You can access the previous weeks’ posts here. I feel like I’ve saved the best one for last, The Posture of Surrender. When it comes to our relationship with Christ, we know it all begins here with surrender. We come […]
The Posture of Gratitude
Last week you were hopefully able to read about the first of the three postures we’re talking about during this Advent season. The first one was The Posture of Generosity. Feel free to check that one out if you missed it. To recap, I heard a talk given by Danielle […]
The Posture of Generosity
Over the next three weeks, we’re going to take an in-depth look at three postures that I believe help us live a more peaceful, Jesus-filled life. At Exponential Orlando 2018, I heard Danielle Strickland, whom I respect and admire, talk about these postures and was so inspired to adopt this as […]
The Promise
Woven throughout the fabric of all we do here at Healthy Growing Churches is this central idea of wanting to see disciples made to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations of reproduction and to see churches do the same. It is not shocking to most of you within this particular […]
