Like many pastors, I was told that I needed to preach memorable sermons. At least that was the emphasis in every preaching course I took and every communications book I’ve ever read. But the longer I’ve been in local church ministry, the more I think that their emphasis on producing highly memorable sermons was misguided. […]
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One idea that is often considered for recruiting new group leaders is that every group leader should find someone in their group to mentor as a future leader to then leave and launch another group later. It makes sense. We’ve tried it. It didn’t work. Here’s why: First, we don’t start groups just to split
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I often say that we’re all a lot like fish in water. If you ask a fish, “How’s the water?” it will say, “What water?” because it’s all the fish has ever known. The same holds true for many of us. We (pastors, lay leaders, and church members) don’t realize how relatively new and radically
Why Most of our Governance Models No Longer Work in a Larger Church Read More »
We often think of our church website with only one goal in mind: Communicating Information. The thing is, your church website is so much more than that. Your church website is your audience’s front door to your church, their first impression of you before they consider visiting you in-person, and your first attempt to woo
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This post originally appeared on LarryOsborne.com and has been published here with permission. The fact is most of our old metrics don’t work anymore. COVID-19 made a mess of everything. That doesn’t mean that metrics are useless. It just means we have to stop measuring the wrong things and start measuring the right things. Metrics
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Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, work as we know it has shifted to digital means in quick fashion. The Church has responded rapidly using streaming and social media tools to keep church services and ministries going while we ride out the storm together. Technology has made congregational meeting possible, but what about Small Group ministry?
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The way we do ministry has drastically changed over the last few days. Larry Osborne has a special message for you on how it affects North Coast Training. Watch the video from Larry below for details. If you need help navigating ministry in this new normal, reach out to us and let us know how
COVID-19 Update from Larry Osborne Read More »
It’s a strange world out there. And it’s getting stranger all the time. I saw the other day where a federal judge ruled that Ottawa, Illinois’ traditional Christmas paintings of the life of Christ had to go. At the same time, judges in Maryland were striking down a law that had kept adult bookstores out
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One of the worst things we can do for the young eagles in your organization is to hinder them to the point where they fly away to another place. In this last video in the Young Eagles series, Larry shares ways you can let them “spread their wings” within your organization. Hey, this is Larry
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When developing young eagles in your organization, it can be difficult to know how much to encourage and how much to steer. Larry shares how to balance the two in the next video of the Young Eagles free video series. Hey, this is Larry Osborne again. And we’re continuing our look at what it takes
Young Eagles: Encouraging and Keeping Humble Read More »