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Preparing Your Annual Report Part 2

January 29, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli Leave a Comment

Once you understand the purpose of your board (see Preparing Your Annual Report Part 1) you're now ready to begin creating a report. Since the first purpose of the board is to guard the mission I like to begin a board meeting by reporting on the mission (after I open in prayer and give an overview of the meeting). Jesus told us to make disciples, baptize them and then teach them (Matthew 28:19-20). So we're to make, mark and mature disciples. Making disciples is all about helping people get … [Read more...]

Preparing Your Annual Report Part 1

January 27, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli Leave a Comment

One task of the lead pastor is to prepare an annual report for the board of directors. In this post I hope to help you prepare for that task. A good annual report begins with a rock solid understanding of the purpose of your board. A board exists to guard three things: The mission The money The message The board is there to make sure the lead pastor is leading the church in fulfilling Jesus' Great Commission (for that's the mission of every church). The board is there to make sure the lead … [Read more...]

The Pareto Principle Applied to Volunteers

January 22, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli 4 Comments

I first learned of the Pareto Principle my freshman year in Bible college from a John Maxwell book when I wrote a paper on leadership for one of my classes. The Pareto Principle basically teaches that 20% of the people do 80% of the work, and that it then takes the other 80% of the people to do the other 20% of the work. There are many ways you can apply the Pareto Principle, but in this post we'll apply it to spending time with volunteers in your church. As leaders we all have a limited amount … [Read more...]

Sample End-of-Year Giving Letter

January 20, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli Leave a Comment

In January you ought to be sending out giving statements to each person who financially contributed to the work of the Lord through your church over the past year. In this post I want to share the kind of letter I write and enclose along with the actual giving statement. My hope is that you'll be able to use this as a guide to help you in writing your own end-of-year giving letter. Dear New Day Church Family Member, Enclosed you will find your 2014 End-of-Year Giving Statement. Because we are … [Read more...]

Share the Preaching Calendar

January 15, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli Leave a Comment

You should not be the only one preaching at your church. Here are some of the drawbacks: It's bad for you. You will wear yourself out by preaching every week. It's bad for the people. If you're the only speaker your people will be robbed of hearing from multiple perspectives. It doesn't allow for contingencies. If you're the only one speaking you'll never be able to miss for vacation or being sick. And here's some of the benefits of sharing the preaching calendar: The quality of your … [Read more...]

You Get What You Preach

January 13, 2015 By Mike Sorcinelli Leave a Comment

One of my mentors once taught me "You get what you preach" and it's true. A couple years ago I taught on tithing. We saw a $19,000 a month increase after that message. Today Andrew is preaching on water baptism. Guess what people are doing after each service? Signing up to be baptized! When I teach on evangelism leading up to Easter guess what our people do? They invite their friends! I could go on but I think you get the point. You get what you preach. If I'm not seeing people get saved … [Read more...]

Preparing Your Annual Report Part 2

Preparing Your Annual Report Part 1

The Pareto Principle Applied to Volunteers

Sample End-of-Year Giving Letter

Share the Preaching Calendar

You Get What You Preach

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