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Leadership Development
Unlock leadership development strategies to empower your church leaders and grow your ministry. Explore expert resources at Advanced Pastoral Network.
Relationships: 1 Key to Church Turnaround Leadership
It’s a stark fact most pastors wish they could avoid. The person most responsible for leading a dying church into life and growth sits in...
Taylor Bankhead
11 min read
Help Us Help Your Pastor
Chances are you’re in a church that’s on the plateau, or on the down hill slide. The chances are great, in fact. 85% of the churches in...
Taylor Bankhead
5 min read
Stun your guests with God’s surprising grace
Church visitors, especially those who have never been to church before, are often amazed to learn of God’s love and grace. It amazes them...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
Turnaround pastors get free professional development help
Other people. The Turnaround pastor’s most effective professional development tool. More important than biblical languages. More...
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
Will This Make Delegation Easier
Michael Hyatt’s post, “ https://michaelhyatt.com/what-to-delegate-first.html “>What Tasks Should You Delegate First?” is a must read....
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
Be a master problem solver by doing nothing!
When should an interim pastor step back and let the client congregation figure it out for themselves? My default mode as an interim...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
5 deficiencies that stifle church growth
If you want to increase the likelihood that you’ll be an effective turnaround pastor you’ll have to develop skill or competence in each of t
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
How an interim pastor helps church leaders step it up
What does an experienced interim pastor do when church leaders are used to skating past their duties?
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
10 tactics to set the next pastor up for success when you resign
You’ve made your decision; it’s time to resign your pastoral position. Or perhaps it’s been made for you; either submit a “constructive resi
Taylor Bankhead
6 min read
2 ways interim pastors get church leaders to own church discipline
How does an interim pastor train church leaders to maintain a culture of peace and keeping short accounts so that they “own” the problem of
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read
Church Leadership Development: How Interim Pastors Teach Decision Making Skills
So, how did you answer the question about church leadership development? A earlier post suggested that interim pastors leverage the...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
One word that will revolutionize your decision making
Three letters. A simple conjunction. It coordinates two items of equal syntactic importance. Use it to replace another conjunction when...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
How to Accelerate Church Unity and Leadership Development at the Same Time
How do you get everyone in the church headed in the same direction when the lay leaders aren’t up to the challenge?
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Hot Tip for Interim Pastors - Improve Your Preaching with a Preaching Team
You’ve just started at a new client church. It’s your first Sunday sermon before this congregation.
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
The Interim Pastor's Guide to Choosing a Transition Team
An interim pastor has it easier in one regard: the church hired you to accomplish one specific task.
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
1 Lesson a Chef Can Teach Interim Pastors About Change Management
Restaurant: Impossible is a fascinating reality show about Chef Robert Irvine’s applying change management techniques to rescue...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
The Collaborative Way
The Collaborative Way offers a couple of free downloads that could prove useful in developing more collaborative leadership process in your
Taylor Bankhead
1 min read
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