You Don’t Have to Be Super-Pastor (Even in a Small Church)
If we’re honest, most of us struggle with the superhero complex. We love the feeling of being needed by our congregation, but it leads us to reject the biblical structure God gives us.
Practical Leadership Content for Small and Midsize Churches
Real guidance for pastors navigating the challenges of everyday ministry.
Leading a small or midsize church comes with unique pressures. From burnout and soul care to church strategy and team development, our articles and podcast guides address the issues church leaders face every week.
How to Shift Your Leadership Style From Controlling to Empowering
When we hold on to all the ministry as our church starts to grow, we soon lack the additional leaders we need for sustainable growth and we never move from simply holding the title of a pastor to gaining the influence as a leader.
Better Connected: 3 Isolation Interrupters for Your Leadership
David made a decision to separate from his team and stay behind. He allowed a restlessness on the inside to take him out of the game. As a leader, I tend to create problems when I start hanging out on the edge of the isolation river bank.
The Truth About Ministry Exhaustion and the Holiday Season
Pastor, instead of allowing this Christmas season to be a time that you just need to push through, let this be a time where you intentionally draw closer to your God. Let this be a season that you rediscover some truths in Scripture:
2019 Events for Pastors: Will We Be in Your Area?
We have some 95Network one-day events coming up in early 2019 — if you’re in the area, we’d love to meet you:
[VIDEO] Defining and Developing a Discipleship Path in a Small Church
So many churches miss opportunities to provide clear next steps for believers by pursuing discipleship through programs instead of a path. Dale and Austin discuss why this is the case and how to develop a discipleship path within your church.
8 Key Principles for Equipping Saints and Improving Follow-Through
A lack of volunteer follow-through will often cause leaders to become markedly distrustful, afraid, and cautious. Over time, this causes us to adopt the perspective that if I want something done right, or at all, then I have to do it myself.
5 Reasons We’re Thankful for Small-Church Pastors
We love pastors of small and mid-size churches here at 95Network. Our team recently got together and discussed some of the main reasons we’re thankful for small-church pastors. Here are 5 of them:
How to Develop Scalable Systems That Support Healthy Ministry Growth
Systems that don’t scale aren’t just unhelpful to your church’s growth. They’re actually hindrances. A bad system will make you feel productive, but will have limited ministry impact and keeps you from doing things that only you can do.
A Biblical Example of the Serious Effects of Poor Communication
You may not often think about it this way, but clear communication is an essential part of effective leadership. We see a great example of this in the Bible during a period of Israel’s history that you’re probably very familiar with:
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[FREE WEBINAR] What Every Small Church Pastor Needs To Know About Volunteer Training, Development, and Growth
Ever feel lost when it comes to recruiting and developing volunteers in a small church? As a leader in a small church, not everything that works for the big church down the street is going to work for you — that’s okay.
