by aubreymalphurs | Christian Life, Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Revitalization, Turnaround Pastors
“Why aren’t more people coming to worship with my church?” To some extent, I think every pastor and servant leader in the church has asked this question at one time or another. It is natural. You want to make a greater impact. But everyone experiences a lull at some...
by aubreymalphurs | Christian Life, Leadership
As the sun sets over the cascading mountains, a man steps out of his car and walks to the side of the road. Swinging the large metal gate toward his idling car, he then walks to the other side and does the same. After placing the padlock on to secure the gate, he...
by aubreymalphurs | Christian Life, Church Health, Leadership
I was sitting with an old seminary classmate recently, listening to a typical litany of “pastoral struggles”—the staff member who probably shouldn’t have been hired in the first place, the disgruntled board member with an agenda, church growth pains, the humbling...
by aubreymalphurs | Leadership, Staff Development
First days. We’ve all lived them. Sometimes, we’ve just survived them. First days of a new school year. First days in a new town. First days of a new relationship. First days on a new job. Some look forward to first days — embracing the clean slate and...
by aubreymalphurs | Church Culture, Church Growth, Church Health, Church Planting, Church Revitalization
Your busyness diminishes your productivity. When your church does everything, it usually ends up doing few things well. When you get involved in everything or focus on too many things at once, you end up accomplishing less of what you wanted to do. You begin to see...
