One of the many mistakes I've made as a leader is implementing something at New Day that's not scalable. For example, when we first started I chose a website that couldn't grow with us as the church grew. This resulted in a lot of wasted time because once we grew and I needed more features than the current website could offer, I had to rebuild our site from scratch with a new company. After this happened two or three times, I realized, the hard way, that I don't want to use anything that's not … [Read more...]
Run to Conflict
One of the many mistakes I've made as a leader is to ignore a problem hoping it will go away. But I've learned the hard way that if you see a problem within the church (i.e. problem people or situations) you need to run to conflict. Things only get worse, not better - and problems NEVER solve themselves. Let me illustrate what I mean... I remember not shoveling my driveway one time after a snow storm. Well, after a couple days of driving over that snow, combined with freezing temperatures, my … [Read more...]
Spiritual Gift Assessment – Part 2
Craig Groeschel (of LifeChurch.tv) wrote a great book called Chazown, which helps people discover what God has created them to do. A website was developed based off the book and on their site there's an awesome (and free) spiritual gifts assessment tool. This inventory contains 66 questions and take 10-20 minutes to complete. Once when speaking on spiritual gifts we directed New Day attendees to visit this site to learn more about their spiritual gifts and how they might use them to honor God … [Read more...]
Spiritual Gift Assessment – Part 1
North Point Ministries offers a free spiritual gift assessment you can view by clicking here. This inventory contains 125 questions and will take 20-45 minutes to complete. Once when speaking on spiritual gifts we directed New Day attendees to visit this site to learn more about their spiritual gifts and how they might use them to honor God through serving in our church. If you order spiritual gift assessments and then multiple that cost by a bunch of people in your church it can quickly become … [Read more...]
Bring Solutions Not Problems
I once learned in a leadership resource (by TD Jakes) that good staff bring solutions, not problems. I thought this was such good advice that I've been teaching it to my staff ever since I first heard it. In fact, at the church office I have a sign on the wall near the door of my office that says "Bring Solutions, Not Problems." Here's some things I encourage my staff to do that helps them be people who bring solutions, not problems. I encourage them to pray. James 1:5 says that God will give … [Read more...]
Motivation in Managing
Today I want to share one of the main lessons I learned from the book It's Okay to be the Boss by Bruce Tulgan. The job of managing is two-fold. One part relates to holding the person accountable to do their job and the other relates to helping the person succeed in their work. I think most managers focus too much on the "holding the employee accountable" part and not enough on the "helping the person succeed" part. If you've hired the right person, you shouldn't have to do too much of the … [Read more...]
Agreement Prevents Disagreement
I believe in writing out a job description, not just for paid staff, but even for volunteers. Why? Because agreement prevents disagreement. Let me explain what I mean... When volunteers sign up to serve they ought to be committing to a certain set of responsibilities. You ought to print them a copy of what they are agreeing to do by signing up to serve. This agreement on the front end prevents disagreement on the back end. You see, when you aren't clear about what they are committing to, they … [Read more...]
Titles and Timelines
Never give a title without a timeline. I once met with a guy and asked him to be our band leader for six months. I told him that after six months I would need him to recommend someone else to lead the band for the next six months. He did a great job in many ways but didn't have the people skills needed to continue in the role. So after six months I thanked him for his service, gave him a gift card to a restaurant and asked him to recommend someone else to lead. He recommended someone that I … [Read more...]
Understanding Tithes and Offerings
God has a kingdom and it's funded through tithes and offerings . That being the case, as leaders we better have a solid grasp and biblical understanding of what they are (and aren't). For an Old Testament Israelite, tithing was the returning of the first 10% of their gross income to God through their local church to fund God's work on this earth. Let me explain this definition piece by piece, making application along the way. 1. Tithing was returning, not giving. The tithe was recognized as … [Read more...]
Reward What You Want Repeated
I don't recall who taught it to me, but I've been living by "reward what you want repeated" for years now. As often as I can I reward a behavior I see one of my staff exhibiting that I would like them to keep doing. Here's just one example. Each time my staff find a way to save money, I give them 20% of the total savings to keep for themselves. I don't care if it's $10 or $10,000, they get 20% of whatever they save the church. And let me tell you, my staff finds ways to save our church money! … [Read more...]
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