Church Leadership

Happy New Year friend! The New Year’s season is made for reflection about the past year and looking at the possibilities for the new year. We at the Heritage 21 Foundation wish you a good year, a year in which you see God at work in and through your church. The New Year is the…

I am a Christian today because a group of first-century Christian leaders had the courage to go on a road trip to Jerusalem for a meeting.  You know the story but let me set the scene.  Jerusalem was the hotbed of Jesus followers who were mostly Jewish or had adopted Jewish customs in their desire…

We are living in exciting days of the Lord’s church. Across the land, there are congregations moving forward by faith as more and more people are becoming involved in the ongoing growth of Christian ministry. Why is this happening? In a word —“Leadership,” this is the key. Christians of outstanding abilities are involved in leadership…

I have spent the last 30 years of my career as a business owner. That turned into a passion for developing amazing workplace culture and creating a place people love to come to work.  Employee Engagement is the goal of great culture and is what truly drives the best companies forward. The key to Engaged Employees is Engaged…

Any crisis in a small church sends proportionately bigger waves through the congregation than in larger churches. What feels like a bumpy wave in a large church feels like a tsunami in a small church.  Ministers (and anyone leading in a church) can be hyper-critical of themselves and full of self-pity. This is destructive. Survival…

I anticipate I have about one year left in full-time ministry before I transition into another phase of life. The future is uncertain, but God will lead me and my family as he has throughout forty plus years of congregational ministry.  Forty years of ministry have not been easy or smooth. As a young Christian,…

Part 1: In a chaotic time, Paul clung to his personal identity Have you ever lived in a time when church felt more uncertain?  I have not.  Over the past 2 years I have been blessed to have front row seats on nearly a dozen new church projects, and have had the opportunity to visit several established…

Happy New Year friends! The New Year’s season is made for reflection about the past year and looking at the possibilities for the new year. We at the Heritage 21 Foundation wish you a good year, a year in which you see God at work in and through your church.The New Year is the season…

Are you nearing leader fatigue? You would not be alone. You have the right to be tired, weary and fatigued.   Leading a congregation through transition — whatever season it is in — takes a toll that rarely gets talked about openly. In conversations with church leaders across the U.S., I keep hearing the same themes…

I bet you’ve heard more than one person in your church complain, “You church leaders don’t communicate with us well.” Isn’t it surprising that in an age when there is the website, social media, email, texting—so many communication channels available to us—communicating well seems harder than ever! There are two communication rules that you need…