Hire the right people! Over the last 12 years our church plant has grown from zero to 1,000 in attendance. This has been clearly a work of God and only His grace can be credited for such growth. We’ve been the recipient of His unmerited favor and often sit in awe of God’s blessing. In the last 4 years I’ve had many pastors ask what … Continue reading The Single Greatest Contributor to Ministry Growth
This is a leadership talk given to the staff of Soutehrn Hills Baptist Church. In this episode Pastor Josh discusses the 3 bad words we need to aviod as an organization. Avoding these words will create a better experience for guests. Continue reading The idea Talks – Episode 12 – 3 Bad Words
Listen to Audio Notes and Thoughts All leaders will be criticized! If you thirst for the approval of all and recoil at the slightest reproach – get back in line and don’t attempt to lead. Because when you step out from the pack and attempt to lead – you will be criticized. Here are a few things that I’ve learned when encountering criticism: 1. Don’t Shut … Continue reading The Idea Talks – Episode 10 – Leadership and Criticism
In this episode I sat down with two leaders who are seeing tremendous growth in their churches and talk with them about the missing key to church growth. Pastor Cody Kuehl is the Lead Pastor at Grand Rapids Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, MI, and Pastor Nick Reed is the Lead Pastor at City Light Baptist Church in Burbank, CA. Links from this … Continue reading The Idea Talks – Episode 04 – The Missing Key to Church Growth
I’m a Pastor’s Kid too, so I get it. Being used as a sermon illustration, everyone knowing your name though you haven’t a clue of theirs’, and not being quite sure what your father actually does for a living; these are some of the commonalities of every Pastor’s Kid. So, I wasn’t utterly surprised by the question.“Dad, what do you do all day anyway?” We … Continue reading Top 5 Tasks of a Pastor
(We apologize for the poor audio quality…we had some technical issues, but we still wanted to get this content out) In this episode, Pastor Josh talks about the influence of books in ministry and leadership. List of books discussed: The 4 Views of Baptism Experiencing God Purpose Driven Church How Should We Then Live Simple Church Heaven The Road Ahead Lectures To My … Continue reading The Idea Talks Episode 02 – The Influence of Books
In this month’s talk Dr. Dave Teis and Pastor Josh discuss the pas, present, and future of the Independent Baptist Movement. You can watch or listen to this talk on this page. We would also encourage you to subscribe to the monthly audio podcast in iTunes. Feel free to share this post below. Audio Only Subscribe in iTunes http://tinyurl.com/q7mb2xy Please share comments below: Continue reading The Idea Talks – Episode 01 – The Independent Baptist Movement
Over the past few years the Lord has led me on a journey that brought great growth to my personal relationship with Jesus. Sadly, I had developed some poor theology relating to music that left me in bondage to tradition.[1] Christian music became a duty not a delight because I lived in fear of inadvertently displeasing God with a wrong selection.[2] So I set a … Continue reading The Book Every Independent Baptist Must Read
