by Jared M | Jun 27, 2012 | Small Church Issues
As a teenager, I worked at a grocery store. I’ll never forget one of the only store-wide trainings they ever held. While our store director was talking, he explained how a single grape on a shelf was worth very little, but that same grape on the floor could...
by Jared M | Jun 18, 2012 | Small Church Issues
“Do for one what you wish you could do for one hundred.” This is one of the things that Andy Stanley, pastor of North Point Community Church and leadership expert, teaches as a core value. Because of the size of his organization, it is physically...
by Jared M | Sep 29, 2011 | Creative Ideas, Family Ministry / Orange, Small Church Issues
I really hate Halloween. I don’t like scary or gory stuff in the least. I don’t watch scary movies, I don’t play games with zombies, and I don’t like gross-out candy. In fact, that stuff gives me horrible nightmares. I really wish the day...
by Jared M | Aug 10, 2011 | Small Church Issues
Being completely honest, there is no way we would have seen the success that we have in reaching people at our church if we had not had some larger ministries come alongside us from time to time. We have received timely and needed donations that have served to...
by Jared M | Jun 28, 2011 | Creative Ideas, Small Church Issues
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time, I just haven’t taken the time to do it. One of the things that impressed me most about my years spent working in a large church was the kidmin environment. The environment radically transformed the...
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