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What Does the Road Ahead Look Like?
06. 24. 2020
Leadership
Hey, Church Leaders! It's Time to Think Like a Marketer
06. 23. 2020
Staff Transitioning
We Never Thought This Would Happen...
06. 22. 2020
Current Events
Pastoring Congregations Through Multiple Crises
06. 18. 2020
Current Events
When "Hiring Season" Gets Interrupted
06. 17. 2020
Staff Transitioning
In Process
06. 15. 2020
Current Events
So Much Change . . . So Little Time
06. 10. 2020
Current Events
How can predominately white churches serve in a season of racial division?
06. 9. 2020
Staff Transitioning
Top 10 Questions Church Job Seekers Are Asking
06. 8. 2020
Current Events
Pastoring People TODAY [VIDEO]
06. 5. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Nikki Lerner [VIDEO]
06. 4. 2020
Current Events
Adding Gas to the Fire
06. 3. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Chris Richardson [VIDEO]
06. 2. 2020
Current Events
7 Ways Your Church Will Be Different After COVID-19
06. 1. 2020
Current Events
Staffing in the Church After Covid-19 [VIDEO]
05. 29. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Mark Anderes [VIDEO]
05. 28. 2020
Current Events
God is Unconcerned About When We Reopen
05. 27. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Darrell Roland [VIDEO]
05. 26. 2020
Current Events
Things We Still Don't Know (But Wish We Did)
05. 25. 2020
Current Events
The Coming Shift In How We Do Church [VIDEO]
05. 22. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Doug Ferguson [VIDEO]
05. 21. 2020
Current Events
Remote Working is No Longer Shiny
05. 20. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with David Fletcher [VIDEO]
05. 19. 2020
Current Events
Ten Things We Know Now
05. 18. 2020
Current Events
Reopening Our Buildings Wisely [VIDEO]
05. 15. 2020
Leadership
The Two Big Questions on Everyone’s Minds
05. 14. 2020
Current Events
When Candidates Can't Travel
05. 13. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Greg Atkinson [VIDEO]
05. 12. 2020
Current Events
1918 vs 2020: 5 Things We Can Learn from 1918 Church Leaders
05. 11. 2020
Current Events
Family Ministry in the Pandemic Age [VIDEO]
05. 7. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Tim Cool [VIDEO]
05. 7. 2020
Current Events
What We Are Learning
05. 6. 2020
Current Events
Chemistry Conversations with Andy Martin [VIDEO]
05. 5. 2020
Current Events
Communicating Through the Clutter [VIDEO]
04. 30. 2020
Current Events
I Can Get a Tattoo, but Can I Go to Church?
04. 29. 2020
Leadership
Questions Leaders are Asking in the Virtual Strategy Lab
04. 28. 2020
Current Events
Two Things I’m Hearing from Church Leaders This Week
04. 27. 2020
Current Events
Leading Your Team with Hope and Reality [VIDEO]
04. 24. 2020
Current Events
The Hard Question Nobody Likes to Discuss
04. 22. 2020
Leadership
It's Time to Perform an Autopsy on Your Church
04. 21. 2020
Current Events
Are We REALLY All in the Same Boat?
04. 20. 2020
Current Events
Preparing for the Summer [VIDEO]
04. 17. 2020
Current Events
Preparing for the Winter
04. 15. 2020
Leadership
What I Learned About Digital Church
04. 14. 2020
Current Events
Ten Questions Every Church Leader Should Be Asking About Finances During COVID-19
04. 13. 2020
Current Events
Finances in the Virtual Church [VIDEO]
04. 10. 2020
Current Events
Winters and Blizzards and Ice Ages (Oh My)
04. 8. 2020
Leadership
How Should I Be Evaluating Attendance During COVID-19?
04. 6. 2020
Staff Transitioning
Current Events
COVID-19: Best Practices For Your Church [VIDEO]
04. 3. 2020
Current Events
How We Can Help
04. 1. 2020
Current Events
Every Church Staff Member Must Make this Decision Today (and every day during this crisis)
03. 30. 2020
Current Events
Not Your Typical Easter Service
03. 28. 2020
Current Events
Leading a Remote Ministry Team [VIDEO]
03. 27. 2020
Current Events
Team
Leading Your Church Staff Team Virtually
03. 23. 2020
Staff Search
Current Events
When Life Happens
03. 20. 2020
Current Events
Be the Church: A Hope and a Future
03. 19. 2020
Current Events
The Most Important Things
03. 19. 2020
Current Events
Leading in Crisis: Covid19
03. 19. 2020
Current Events
Do We Pause or Do We Go?
03. 19. 2020
Current Events
Pivoting Your Small Group Strategy
03. 19. 2020
Current Events
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly about Coronavirus for YOUR Church
03. 16. 2020
Staff Health
Leadership
Communication
Team
How to Lead Negative Church Staff Members
03. 9. 2020
Staff Hiring
Team
Core Values
Does This Really Work?
02. 28. 2020
Staff Search
Core Values
Why Video Works
02. 20. 2020
Staff Search
Core Values
Why Don't You Visit?
02. 13. 2020
Staff Health
Leadership
Chemistry: Do You Have What it Takes to Be A Great Church Staff Member?
02. 10. 2020
Staff Transitioning
Core Values
Assessments Aren't Enough
02. 6. 2020
Staff Search
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Why You Should Consider Hiring Someone Fresh Out of College
02. 3. 2020
Leadership
Core Values
Creating a Process that Works
01. 30. 2020
Staff Search
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Five Reasons You Might Not Be Hired
01. 20. 2020
Staff Search
Staff Health
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Staff Hiring
The Story Behind Chemistry Staffing
01. 16. 2020
Leadership
Church Leaders Who Shade the Truth
01. 13. 2020
Current Events
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
01. 9. 2020
Current Events
Merry Christmas!
12. 25. 2019
Current Events
One More Thing I am Thankful For
12. 4. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
What Do You Have to Be Thankful For at YOUR Church?
11. 28. 2019
Staff Search
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Are You Thankful for Your Team?
11. 27. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Practical Steps For Encouraging Staff During A Tough Season
11. 20. 2019
Staff Health
Church DNA/Culture
The Top Ten Things Church Staff Think Are 'The Worst' About Their Church
11. 18. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Hiring
How To Onboard A Team Member Well
11. 14. 2019
Communication
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
It's About More Than a Chicken Sandwich
11. 13. 2019
Leadership
The Top Ten Things Church Staff Love About Their Church
11. 11. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
When Someone Leaves...
11. 6. 2019
Leadership
The Nines Conference: The Future of The Church
11. 4. 2019
Staff Hiring
The Look Me in the Eye Fallacy
10. 30. 2019
Leadership
How To Make Decisions: Fast and 'Roughly Right'
10. 28. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
The Danger of Being in Place for Too Long
10. 23. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Trends In Staff Compensation
10. 21. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Hiring
Don't Fall In Love Too Fast
10. 16. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
The Highest Form of Obedience for Church Staff Members
10. 14. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Why I Hate Personality Profiles
10. 9. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
It’s a mean church out there, boys and girls...
10. 7. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Health
Staff Hiring
The First Impression We Forget About
10. 2. 2019
Staff Hiring
2019 State of Church Compensation
09. 24. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Why You Should Share Your Church's Vision Immediately
09. 23. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
5 Ways Church Leaders Destroy Their Teams
09. 16. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Counting heads. Numbers. Good or bad?
09. 9. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Humor
Are You Dressing Up A Turkey?
08. 26. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Humor
WHAT YOUR BATHROOMS COULD SAY ABOUT YOUR CHURCH
08. 19. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Is It Ok For Pastors To Vent?
08. 12. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Why Conflict On Your Leadership Team Is A Good Thing
08. 5. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Hiring
The Role of a Senior Pastor in the Hiring Process
08. 1. 2019
Leadership
Communication
How Radio Nearly Destroyed The Church
07. 29. 2019
Communication
Listening in Giraffe
07. 25. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Pastors Who Are Jerks
07. 22. 2019
Staff Hiring
What Should We Pay?
07. 17. 2019
Swine Flu, Nuclear Reactors, and Leading a Church
07. 2. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team
06. 26. 2019
Leadership
Help! My Church is Falling!
06. 24. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Reversing the Decline
06. 18. 2019
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Are You Looking for a Tree-Climber or a Fish?
06. 11. 2019
Excellence Wins
06. 4. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Winning the Heart of Your Team
05. 28. 2019
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Convenience Yields Mediocrity
05. 21. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Enough with the Reality Distortion Field
05. 14. 2019
Leadership
Forget the Highlight Reel
05. 9. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
What's the Emperor Wearing?
05. 7. 2019
Leadership
Communication
I'm the Best Church Leader in the History of the World...
05. 6. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Beware the Body Count
04. 30. 2019
Current Events
Choosing Sides
04. 25. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
What's Good vs What's the Best
04. 18. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
What Purpose do Your Meetings Serve?
04. 16. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Current Events
Cell Phone Breaks
04. 11. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Openings
New Search: Crossroads Community Church
04. 10. 2019
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Church DNA/Culture
Thoughts on Succession
04. 9. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Maybe the Church Should Become a Little More Like Walmart
04. 8. 2019
Staff Health
Staff Transitioning
Frustrated with Your Church?
04. 2. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Why Do So Many Pastors Fall?
04. 1. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Desiring Diversity
03. 26. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Maybe Your Church Needs a New Water Fountain
03. 21. 2019
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Staff Hiring
The Most Dreaded Conversation in Ministry
03. 19. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Our Top 7 Worst Communication Habits of Church Staff
03. 18. 2019
Staff Hiring
Google Research: What Makes a Perfect Team?
03. 13. 2019
Leadership
What's REALLY Going On?
03. 12. 2019
Leadership
Do People In Your Church Trust Your Leadership?
03. 11. 2019
Leadership
I Was Unaware
03. 7. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Who's Your Circle?
03. 6. 2019
Staff Hiring
7 Times When Your Church Should NOT Hire Staff
03. 4. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Who Is Setting the Tone?
02. 28. 2019
Church DNA/Culture
What are You Building?
02. 27. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
An Intentional Church Staff Search Launches an Exciting Future for Christian Fellowship Church
02. 26. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
The Myth of the Visionary
02. 21. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
7 People Your Community Trusts MORE Than Your Church Staff
02. 20. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Is Church Staff REALLY a Family?
02. 19. 2019
Everyone Gets a Ring!
02. 15. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Beware the Ripples
02. 14. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
The F Word That Ruins Your Team
02. 11. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
The Next Big Thing in the Church Won’t Be Anything Like the Last Big Thing
02. 11. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
4 Types of Change in Your Church (and the right questions to ask yourself during these changes)
02. 8. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Letting Our Yes Be Yes
02. 7. 2019
Church DNA/Culture
Current Events
1 in 5 People In Your Church Probably Don’t Believe in Hell!
02. 6. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Transitioning
Staff Hiring
Have an Opening on Your Staff? Whatever You Do... DON'T do THIS.
02. 5. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Why Seemingly Smart People Don't Get Your Vision for the Church
02. 4. 2019
Leadership
Says Who?
02. 1. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Don’t Use Hitting Your Budget as a Sign of Health at Your Church
01. 31. 2019
Leadership
Giving Birth to Naphtali
01. 29. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
What Will Your Church Look Like in 2039?
01. 28. 2019
Staff Search
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Talent vs. Fit
01. 24. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Think Small, Act Small
01. 22. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Complaint: People are Only Attending Church One or Two Times a Month
01. 16. 2019
Staff Hiring
How You Communicate Communicates
01. 15. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
It's Highly Likely People Will Stop Attending Your Church in 2019. Here's Why...
01. 14. 2019
Humor
These Two Words Resolve Every Problem You'll Encounter Today
01. 11. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Willow Creek: Nearly One Year Later
01. 10. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
4 Questions You Must Ask to Start Your New Year in Ministry
01. 8. 2019
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Manifesto: We've Got to Stop the Bad Church Hires
01. 7. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Facts Don't Change Our Minds. Friendship Does.
01. 4. 2019
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Current Events
Five Trends That Will Disrupt the Church in 2019
01. 3. 2019
Staff Health
Leadership
2019 Will Be Harder Than You Think...
01. 2. 2019
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Remembering the Good Old Days (in Ministry)
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Communication
That Shortcut is Actually a Trap!
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Sometimes, You Have to Be OK Without Knowing the Answer
12. 22. 2018
Leadership
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
The Both/And Church: Defining Who You Are
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Communication
What You Say... Matters... Always
12. 22. 2018
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Determining the Right Fit for Your Church Staff Team
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Communication
Church DNA/Culture
Ambiguity Could Be Corroding Your Team Culture
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
Reminder: What You Do Matters
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Your Church is NOT the Right Fit for Everyone... And That's OK
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Communication
Fattening Up Your Fellow Church Staff Member for the Kill
12. 22. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
The Question That Could Save Your Ministry Career: Who Holds You Accountable?
12. 22. 2018
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
That Time When I Didn't Get the Job (and Why it Was the Best Interview EVER)
12. 21. 2018
Staff Health
Communication
Every Church Changes. It's Inevitable. It's Needed. You Need to Adapt.
12. 21. 2018
Communication
Staff Hiring
Beware: Not Every Potential Staff Member is as Good as They Appear
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
How Many Paid Staff Members Does Your Church Really Need?
12. 21. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Communication
Applying "The Silver Rule" in Church Staffing
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Do You Have What it Takes to be a GREAT Church Staff Member?
12. 21. 2018
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
20 Things You Should Know About a Church Staff Candidate BEFORE You Interview Them
12. 21. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Do You Love Your Church Job (or Hate It?)
12. 21. 2018
Staff Health
Leadership
Church DNA/Culture
The Most Important Thing You Can Do This Week
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Communication
Staff Hiring
If You Can Master This One Leadership Quality, The Rest Will Be Easy
12. 21. 2018
Communication
Staff Hiring
How High Do You Set the Standard at YOUR Church?
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Communication
Staff Transitioning
What is Your One-Sentence Job Description?
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Staff Transitioning
Staff Hiring
Church DNA/Culture
Minimizing the Gap Between Ineffective and Fruitful Ministry
12. 21. 2018
Church DNA/Culture
What is More Important at Your Church than Making Disciples?
12. 21. 2018
Staff Hiring
Hiring a Director of Shiny New Things
12. 21. 2018
Leadership
Communication
It's Possible That People Just Aren't Listening to You That Much Anymore...
12. 21. 2018
Staff Search
Is Your Church Looking for a New Staff Member?
12. 21. 2018
Staff Health
Five Second Decisions that Change Your Ministry
12. 21. 2018
Staff Search
Be Careful What You Say...
12. 20. 2018
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