Principles in “Good to Great” “Good to Great” by Jim Collins is a secular book on what makes companies go from being “good” to “great.” …

Basic Overview of “Simple Church” Simple Church,” by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger is a must read for all “cutting edge” church planters, youth pastors, …

Basic Overview of “Natural Church Development”   “Natural Church Development,” by Christian Schwarz is a church growth book based on the massive research of 1000 …

Overview “The Seven Deadly Sins of a Small Group” by Bill Donahue and Russ Robinson is about teaching churches and small group leaders how to …

Overview “Now That’s A Good Question” by Terry Powell is a short-power packed book with funny stories, great insight, and easy to use principles for …

Principles in the “Purpose Driven Church” I truly enjoyed the many principles given in this classic book on church growth by Rick Warren because they …

  Definition of Strategic Planning  Strategic planning in the church is “the art of devising or employing plans or stratagems toward a goal” (Webster). It …

Introduction A pastor was speaking to fellow pastors at a conference for church growth when he asked how many of the churches present had small …

Overall Book Review   “Leading a Small Group” by Dave Earley and Rod Dempsey is a powerful and informative book on the tools needed to …

I, along with Metro Praise, had the honor over the weekend of preaching at both a Muslim event and a Mormon event.Believe it or not, …

Part of my desire to blog is to post the papers I write in seminary. I am currently in four leadership classes and I have …