There are 10 Core Principles for ministry teamwork that our church staff has adopted. These 10 have helped our staff through our most excited days and challenging setbacks. I’ve already shared the 1st and the 2nd principles in previous posts. Here I will share our 3rd – which is Work the S.Y.S.T.E.M. 1. Save Yourself Stress, Time, Energy, & Money This is not original with me. … Continue reading Work the S.Y.S.T.E.M.
I’m a church planter! And after nearly 12 years of late night visits, early morning calls, and long hours of pure hard work we have suddenly become an overnight success. Queue the laugher from every small-business owner, entrepreneur, and church planter reading this post. Here is what I have learned about starting and growing something out of nothing: You Never Arrive until you Arrive I … Continue reading The Myth of the Overnight Success
Notes In this episode, Josh Teis talks with Tony Liuzzo about how to refresh an established church. Tony pastors a thriving church in Columbus, Ohio. When he took over as the lead pastor the church had declined to an average of 400 people. Now the church averages 750 people on a weekly basis. Quotes from the episode: “In order for God to get you … Continue reading Episode 06 – Refreshing An Established Church
I was craving tacos. It was after 10:00pm on a Tuesday evening and I had just finished a nearly 3-hour conversation with someone about baptism and church membership. They were new to church and had many questions that I was thrilled to answer. After I left their little apartment on Tropicana Boulevard I headed east to catch the Interstate back home. There on right … Continue reading Gangster Gospel
God has blessed our church in the past but I’ve never seen anything like this! Over the past few months we have seen God’s blessings poured out over our church as never before. I felt led to share with you a few of the blessings we are seeing right now! 1. Extreme Numerical Growth Over the past 9 years we have seen some measured growth … Continue reading Like I’ve Never Seen It Before
Many who view Southern Hills from the outside may get the wrong idea when seeing the great crowds, multiple services and many salvation decisions that are being made here. They may only see Josh & Heather and the staff they have assembled. But those who are in our ministry know that our kingdom success is attributed to the hand of God and the Lay-Leadership team … Continue reading Developing a Great Team – Part 3
I recently started following a guy on Twitter who wrote in his description of himself, “I pray that when I die, all of Hell will rejoice I’m no longer in the fight.” I thought that was awesome! For those of us who have dedicated their lives to the advancement of the Gospel and the pushing back of the gates of Hell, we are energized by the idea of evangelism and the possibility that someone’s eternity might change forever from Heaven to Hell. However, you’ve got to understand, if you are going to be in the fight, you’re going to have to get your hands dirty. Will McRaney Jr. says, “Dealing with lost people will cause us to get our hands dirty and sweaty just like tending to yard work. Part of evangelism is to clear up misconceptions and misperceptions people have about the gospel. Dealing with people and evangelism is often messy.”[1]
