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Church Growth
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Church vision statements: how the interim pastor sells ’em
Church vision statements are like diet and exercise. Everybody knows its good for you but relatively few muster up the discipline to...
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
Pastors nurture organisms and lead organizations
“Pastor, you’re building your own kingdom. Shame on you!” “This church has lost its soul. It’s become just another corporate provider of...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Can megachurches be church visitor friendly?
A colleague of mine once visited a mega-church in southern California while on vacation. The 6,000 seat auditorium was filled to capacity...
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
Book Review: Revitalizing Congregations
Interim pastors, permanent pastors for that matter, will enjoy reading William Avery’s Revitalizing Congregations: Refocusing and Healing...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
What does John Maxwell know about growth?
There’s an interesting thread developing at Charles Specht’s website. He poses the question, “What is Personal Development (According to Joh
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
Church visitors’ gifts that surprise and delight
Church hospitality is a vital ministry. This is especially true for congregations with a very low church visitor retention rate . To...
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
Intentional Interim Ministry: one church’s testimony
Faith Community Church in Las Vegas, NV has a moving testimony of recovery and renewal under the guidance of an intentional interim pastor.
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
Get church visitors’ information – guaranteed
Church visitors won’t always give their contact information. This impairs church hospitality and makes follow up impossible.
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
How to get more “likes” on Facebook
How to get more “likes” on Facebook
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
Facebook rains on social media marketing
An Interim Pastor developing a social media marketing campaign to expand the church’s community profile in the community may want to...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Church metrics that matter to Jesus’ mission
Church metrics are useful – if they are metrics that matter.
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Social Media Marketing for the technophobe Interim Pastor
Social media marketing is like manna to an Interim Pastor. Some will look at it and say, “What is it?” Like the manna, social media...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Social media as a church renewal tool
Interim pastors aren’t called in because the church is experiencing growth and vitality Usually it’s the opposite; declining attendance and
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Church metrics: hammering bookcases together?
It is a beautiful Saturday, with Chamber of Commerce weather. There is a light breeze, scattered high clouds and the kind of sun that...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Interim Pastors Can Ride the Wave Without Getting Swamped
Interim pastors sometimes find themselves called to a church without knowing that it is on the cusp of explosive growth. This happened to me
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
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