Church Tips – Growth Strategies for Pastors & Ministry Leaders

If you feel like the demands of your church have you running non stop, then it's time to fill up. You see, you can't effectively lead the ministry when you're running on an empty gas tank. Instead, y…

Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to have 30 hours in a day? I mean, just think of what you could do ministry wise. Well, those hours don't exist, but a way to do more and better ministry in t…

71% of pastors report being extremely stressed or highly stressed, and 90% work 55 to 75 hours per week feeling fatigued and worn out every single week. So how do you get off the treadmill and get so…

Have you ever found yourself thinking that you'd never do or say something that your parents did, only to find yourself doing that exact thing? Very often, people are a mirror of their parents. The s…

In the church world, we often hear about the need to develop leaders, but most of the time, the reasons and methods people share for why this is so important actually miss the mark. That's why in tod…

Change is a part of life. Sometimes we like it. Sometimes we don't. But today is a day of great news because some things are changing here and leaders.church. So in today's episode, we're going to ta…

Have you ever wondered why it is that some churches seemed to grow all the time and others don't? Well, in today's episode, we're going to look at specific traits of growing churches. And when a chur…

What's the magic formula? I mean, I've seen it happen where some churches have it. Others don't have it. What is it? Why is a pastor successful in one church and one city, moves to another one, and b…

Have you ever felt stuck as a pastor? Just sort of going through life and not really able to figure out what to do to move the ministry forward? You try all kinds of things, but nothing seems to work…

So often, as pastors, it's go go go all the time. I mean, we moved from sermon prep, to preaching, to counseling appointment, to conflict management, not to mention all the other things that you do o…

Wouldn't you love it if everyone got your vision the way you get it? Now you have these millennials and Gen Z's coming along. How in the world do you communicate vision to them? Well, in this episode…

Have you ever looked at the energy that Millennials and Gen Z have at your church? Do you wish you could channel that energy into the change that you know needs to happen? Well, today we're going to …

Commitment. Wouldn't you love it if everyone in the church who said they would do something would actually do it? And then you talk about Millennials and Gen Z... I mean, for goodness sakes, how do y…

I'm in ministry and where in the world do I turn to for help? I mean, the risk of talking to someone about something deeply personal to me, and maybe even a failing of mine, is too risky. So maybe I'…

COVID-19 happened and church attendance began to slip. Now what do we do? Here we are, months later, and it's still an issue. Well, in today's episode, we're going to talk about what to do when churc…

Do you remember where you were at when you first saw that guy or girl and you said yourself, "hmm, I could live the rest of my life with that one." Well what happens after years of ministry and marri…

The ministry would be great if you didn't have to deal with crabby and uncooperative people, people who want to have conflict with you. Nobody loves conflict, but it's real in ministry, and if you've…

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get the word out about your church, especially in today's age where things are changing so quickly? Things are moving online, and so it causes us to have to do…

How come everybody's got vision except me? I mean, the guy across town who pastors that church, he just oozes vision. The only thing that oozes out of me is sweat when I'm trying to walk around the b…

Here at Church Tips, we like order. A place for everything and everything in its place. And when we find something that works, we stick with it. But have you ever tried that in ministry? You see, as …