I was inspired by Craig Groeschel‘s post, The Death of the Five-Year Plan. “Instead of planning for specific buildings, campuses, staff roles, and outreach, I’m planning to be prepared for opportunities that I can’t name today. We are creating margin and planning to respond quickly to ideas that we don’t yet have. Speed, agility, flexibility, […]
I believe that there is value in taking the best practices from business and considering application within the church. I recently found a great example at The Conversation Blog from the Harvard Business Review – 12 Things Good Bosses Believe. I believe they can translated to apply to pastors or other church leaders. Here are […]
A great idea, waiting for an instigator – Flash Mobs Hail to the Artists – recognizing the Wesleys Excuse the language, but this is fantastic – The lifestyle business bull**** 7 Ways to Fail on the Web – Helps me think about future online ventures Join “The Quiet Revolution” MB – Needs always met, hopes […]
This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on strategic planning. Strategic planning is a part of the culture at Resurrection. From strategic objectives for the entire congregation for the year to goal setting and a review process for each employee […]
This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on finance. It is critical to the life of a local congregation that good business practices be used when dealing with money and finance. Giving is an important part of our discipleship as […]
This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on buildings. Existing buildings are important because the church needs a place to gather. While this may or may not be a space owned or leased by the church, there is a need […]
This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on technology. Technology is an important part of my every day work as a pastor at Resurrection. We have a full time Information Technology department here at Resurrection made up of 8 staff […]
I recently spoke with a reporter from the Kansas City Business Journal about technology and the church. I talked about this blog, websites, a little about the internet campus planning and about how technology can improve the level of connection between people. This got me thinking about a question that my sister posed to me […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 