Have you ever heard of the Pareto Principle? The Pareto Principle says that you get 80% of your impact from 20% of the causes. Here are a few examples 20% of your church pays 80%of the tithes 20% of your youth ministry makes 80% of the noise 20% of your message is the...
Church (capital C) is, as the bible describes, a body. It’s not just any body, it’s the Body of Christ. The church (small c) is a system, still a body or collection of believers, but like a real body it is also a system. It’s a system of...
At the beginning of the year I designated each day of the week (M-F) to focus on one thing because Practical PKM suggested it would change how I work. So, here is how I allotted my days, Monday is Writing Day where I blog or post on social Tuesday is Audio Day...
If you’ve been in youth ministry a while, think about to when you first started working in a church, did you discover some resistance to your new ideas? How long did it take you before you figured out you were working in system that didn’t favor new or...
You could call this Surviving A Quarterly Review Part 2. In part one I shared a critical tip and 3 important reasons you should embrace the quarterly review. In this post I want to help you prepare, all year long, for what some youth pastors consider a critical...