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May 2012
How to Turn Bystanders into Active Disciples
April 2012
How Is Your Congregation’s Health?
March 2012
What Type of Future Are We Building?
February 2012
How to Manage Change Resistance
January 2012
How to Perfect Your Leadership Triangle
December 2011
How Do We Successfully Launch a New Project?
November 2011
Should We Unleash the Power of Congregational Planning?
October 2011
Why Do Smart Churches Make Dumb Decisions?
Why Do People Connect with Christ and a Congregation?
August 2011
How to Prevent Bad Behavior during Times of Change
July 2011
How to Select Quality Staff
June 2011
What is the Pastor’s Role in Church Finances?
May 2011
When Does Success Lead to Failure?
April 2011
Incoming Pastors: Building Smoother Transition Bridges
March 2011
Does a Congregation’s Location Influence Its Effectiveness?
February 2011
Accomplishing Worthy Goals: Being Smart is Not Enough!
January 2011
What is Your Unconscious Intent?
December 2010
Fifty Years Later: What Has Changed?
November 2010
What Are the Big Picture Trends in Congregations?
October 2010
Why Are Worship Visitors Important?
September 2010
Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis
August 2010
How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor?
July 2010
Should Our Congregation Use Internet Social Media?
June 2010
Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail?
May 2010
Generous Givers: A Product of Motivation and Methods
April 2010
What Can We Learn from the Emerging Church Movement?
March 2010
New Trends in Belonging
February 2010
Should We Fine-Tune our Church’s Internal Culture?
January 2010
Become Comfortable with Conflict: Step One to Moving Beyond It!
December 2009
Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation?
November 2009
Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation
October 2009
Women Pastors: Are Our Assumptions Accurate?
September 2009
Do We Sing All Five Worship-Hymn Preferences?
August 2009
Shepherding Congregations through Grief Storms
July 2009
Lay Testimonials Strengthen Financial Giving!
June 2009
One Congregation: Many Locations
May 2009
Permanent Endowment Fund: Blessing and Temptation
April 2009
What Do People Want in Their Pastors?
March 2009
Going into all the World: Church Website Basics
February 2009
Should Our Congregation Offer More Choices?
January 2009
How to Identify Our Church’s Unstated Assumptions
December 2008
Does Your Window Limit Your View?
November 2008
The Fun Factor Asset in Congregational Climate
October 2008
Requirements for Membership: Which Ones Matter?
September 2008
The Change Agent’s Checklist
August 2008
How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?
July 2008
Giving to Congregations: Have Patterns Changed?
June 2008
“Teaching Moments” Strengthen Governing Board Meetings!
May 2008
How Effective Is Our Financial Communication?
April 2008
Making a Good Start with Your New Pastor?
March 2008
Church Members and Community Residents: Match or Mismatch?