How to Recruit More Church Leaders With the 20% Rule

I recently addressed the challenge of not having enough volunteers in the post 3 Strategies For Church Volunteers Recruitment. However, the thought of adding more volunteers to the team may be overwhelming. You are maxed out. You are doing everything you can to keep up with your responsibilities and the people who are already on…

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Three Tips For Recruiting Church Leaders

There’s a big difference between a volunteer and a leader.  A volunteer in your church will move stuff around.  A leader will move stuff forward.  Both are important, but leaders will provide exponential growth. A lot of churches struggle with engaging, inspiring and working with volunteers.  But we’re even worse when it comes to recruiting…

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45 Leadership Quotes and Lessons from Velocity 2014

In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company is attending the Velocity 2014 Conference and will be live-blogging throughout the event.  For anyone involved in church planting, this is a can’t-miss event. Dave Ferguson, Lead Pastor of COMMUNITY in Chicago, and Shawn Lovejoy, Lead Pastor of Mountain Lake Church, opened with…

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How to Gain, Train and Retain Volunteers

Listen to these words from Wayne Corderio, Pastor of New Hope Church and author of Doing Church as a Team. “I’m convinced that the influence of a church has on its community will be determined in large part not by the personality of the pastor, the size of its building or how long the ministry…

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So God Made A Preacher

And on the eighth day, God looked down on his beloved people and said, “I need someone to teach them.” So God made a preacher. God said, “I need someone willing to study the gospel, meditate on it for a while, then study it again and write a clear and persuasive message that accurately represents…

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The Link Between Communication and Leadership

Three days after September 11, President George W. Bush stood on a pile of rubble and addressed a group of emergency and construction workers. The President had already shared prepared remarks with the American people, but on this day, his comments here were unscripted. Surrounded by New York Citiy’s finest, he took a bullhorn and…

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