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Carey Nieuwhof Blog
3d ago
What is it about the items on your to-do list that make them so impossible to actually do?
Working in ministry comes with a unique set of challenges when it comes to efficiency… and your never-ending list of responsibilities is just one of them.
All of the unexpected demands on your time can make administrative tasks pretty difficult, and that’s before all those last-minute meetings that inevitably swallow your calendar whole.
Everywhere you turn, there seems to be more to do and less time to do it, right?
It’s exhausting. And it’s especially exhausting if you try to do it all on y ..read more
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3d ago
Episode 640: Shauna Pilgreen on Church Planting Mistakes and Best Practices in a Post-Post-Christian and Progressive Culture, Planting a Church Without a Playbook, and How to Communicate with Deeply Unchurched People
Shauna Pilgreen talks about planting a church in San Francisco without a playbook, church planting mistakes and best practices in a post-post Christian, Progressive culture, and how to communicate with deeply unchurched people.
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Translating Jesus by Shauna Pilgreen
Love Where You Live by Shauna Pilgreen
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4d ago
Give advice to many church leaders on any topic, and you’ll often hear them say, “You don’t understand. MY church is different.”
Then they’ll give you five reasons why their church/city/people/culture is different, so, naturally, the rules or whatever piece of advice you’re giving them can’t apply to them.
I don’t buy it.
I mean, sure, there are some differences from place to place. The West Coast isn’t middle America. Vancouver isn’t Milwaukee. And the inner city isn’t suburbia. Nor is a retirement community a college town. Granted.
But the question still remains…
Is your c ..read more
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1w ago
Episode 639: Jeff Jones on Rebranding Christianity, What the Church Can Learn from Dominos Pizza, and How to Know What the Community Really Thinks About Your Church or Organization
Jeff Jones on rebranding Christianity, what the church can learn from Dominos Pizza and other rebranding campaigns, how to calculate the net promotor score of your church or business, and how to know what the community really thinks about your church or business.
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Rebranding Christianity by Jeff Jones
Why I’m Not an Exvangelical by Carey Nieuwhof
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1w ago
Episode 638: Jon Chasteen on How to Lead Broken Churches and Organizations You Inherited, the Post-Mortem of Leading a Church After a Moral Failure, and How to Know When to Kill What Your Predecessor Built or Leave it Alone
Jon Chasteen talks about what he learned after being picked (at age 34) to be the senior pastor of a megachurch after the founding pastor’s moral failure. He discusses the keys to leading broken churches and organizations you inherited, does a post-mortem on leading a church after a moral failure, and shares how to know when to kill what your predecessor built or when to l ..read more
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2w ago
Episode 637: Tim Stevens on the Dynamics of Abuse at Willow Creek, the Problem of Isolated Leaders, Building a New Culture, and Finding Momentum as You Reach the Next Generation
Former Willow Creek Executive Pastor Tim Stevens unpacks the situation at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He dissects the dynamics of abuse at Willow Creek, outlines the problem with isolated leadership, covers how to lead when you start with zero trust, and discusses how to build a new culture and find momentum as you reach the next generation.
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3w ago
Episode 636: Jennie Allen on How to Recover From Feeling Numb In Life and Leadership, Untangling Your Emotions, Gen Z Revival, Why There Are No Fake Christians Left, and the Value of Being Raw and Transparent
Jennie Allen talks about how to recover from feeling numb in life and leadership, untangling your emotions, Gen Z revival, why there are no fake Christians left, and the value of being raw and transparent.
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Untangle Your Emotions by Jennie Allen
Episode 318 with Jennie Allen on getting the negative voices out of your head
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3w ago
Episode 635: Cal Newport with Advice to Church Leaders on Boundaries, How Pseudo-Productivity Leads to Burnout, and Why Slow Productivity is the Future for Knowledge Workers
New York Times Best Selling Author Cal Newport shares very specific advice to church and business leaders on how to not be available 24/7 to your congregation or customers, why pseudo-productivity leads to burnout, and why slow productivity is the future for knowledge workers and thought leaders.
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Deep Work by Cal Newport
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
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1M ago
If you’re reading this, there’s a 92% chance you’re a church leader in a church that sees 250 or fewer people attend your church on a typical Sunday morning.
In fact, the small church has become more normative than ever for America and much of the world. According to LifeWay research, here’s the new normal in US church attendance.
< 50: 31%
51 – 99: 37%
100 – 249: 24%
250+: 8%
While it’s clear that large churches and megachurches receive the lion’s share of news headlines and social media traction, they represent less than 1% of all US churches.
Despite what many assume, this ..read more
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1M ago
Episode 634: Daryl Cripe on How to Reverse the Decline in Small, Mid-Size, and Stuck Churches, Reaching New People with No New Money, and How to Hit the Tipping Point in Church Revitalization
Daryl Cripe has worked with hundreds of church leaders and boards of all sizes. He shares the one key element that can reverse the decline in small, mid-size, and stuck large churches, how to reach new people with no more money, and how to hit the tipping point in church revitalization.
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Episode 613: Kevin Palau on Doing Ministry in a Deeply Post ..read more