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A Belated Thank-you to My Youth Pastor

My high school youth pastor recently surprised me with a text. I’m thrilled at the connection after many years. Since I’m so old, I imagine he’s in his eighties by now. In responding to that initial text, I began thinking about how much I owe him. Put another way, if you’re reading this, it includes…

Non-Authoritarian/High Control Leadership

The guy attacked me from the platform at a symposium. “You’re not the laid-back leader you present to the public. You have to exercise authority to do what you’ve done.” I responded with, “I’m not the domineering leader, you suppose, but I may be the most high-control leader you ever met! I teach people to…

Making Disciples: Do the Math

Hope you’re making disciples… If you are, you should be able to name your three closest disciples without even thinking about it. If you can’t, you probably need to re-read Jesus’ words in Matthew 28. If you make disciples, is this a private project, or is it integral to your church family? If you lead…

Formulas are Tiresome, but This One Might be Different

I want to be like Barnabas when I grow up (at age 74, I’m not sure I’ll get there, but I’m sure trying). Barnabas understood something that seems to have escaped the 11 disciples (12 if you include Matthias) who had been with Jesus. What did they miss after three years with Jesus plus nine…

COVID-19 is a Tipping Point Toward What?

So, who isn’t tired of hearing about the pandemic, or the “new normal?” I sure am, but here we go with another way to look at this mess. COVID-19 is an asset for those who allow it to be! Not to overlook the immense pain it brings, but for some it creates opportunity. Amazon.com, for…

Disciplemaking, Church Multiplication and the Wisdom of Jethro

Church planter? Disciplemaker? COVID-19 pastor? All three have much to learn from an ancient multiplication leader/driver. We tend to romanticize modernity. This social evolution paradigm mistakenly confuses technical developments with elements of civilization and social constructs. Sure, democracy as we know it is relatively new, but some things never change (Solomon said that, I think).…

Jason Shepperd & Church Project–a microchurch network

A few months ago, I interviewed my friend Jason Shepperd–in a car outside an Exponential event in Houston. The result is a great podcast. One that promises to expand the footprint of your church and lighten your load in the process. Jason is a self-confessed church reductionist. His team minister to thousands each week. House…

Church Multiplication in England

An interview with Surekha Hulugale, an IT professional whose company transferred him from Sri Lanka to their head office in London. His home church (which has launched more than 2,100 churches in Sri Lanka, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia and India) trained him to plant a church after he moved. That church has blossomed into a…

5 Questions About Your Disciplemaking Model

Hope you’re making disciples… If you are, you should be able to name your three closest disciples without even thinking about it. If you can’t do this, you probably need to re-read Jesus words in Matthew 28. If you make disciples, is this a private project or a systematically integral to your church family? If…

Six Shifts Toward Movement Making

Most cars come with four- or five-speed transmissions. Today’s Corvette sports a seven-speed unit. The car nearly flies at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. The purpose behind all multi-geared cars is efficiency. An engine doesn’t need to work as hard to get the vehicle moving in the lower-ratio gears. And as a…