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Training Pastors
Church Visitors: 10 Steps to Improve Visitor Retention
Church visitors are probably more important to the Lord than they are to the church they visit! The fact that they willingly endure the...
Taylor Bankhead
7 min read
Letting the Father welcome your guests
Making guests comfortable – even when they are few and far between! – is a “mission critical” task for churches in transition. In fact,...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
Church Visitors: You can spot ’em a mile away
Ed and Mike are typical church visitors. One afternoon they were crunching through the forest leaves, headed for their favorite deer...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
I can do it myself!
Lainey is two years old. Well, a few days shy but regardless of what the calendar says, our granddaughter’s in the “terrible twos.”...
Taylor Bankhead
5 min read
10 things you won’t learn in seminary [Updated]
Invariably seasoned and successful pastors who train for a second vocational career as an intentional interim pastor will say, “Why...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read


Sad Truth: Pastors Are More Discouraged Than Ever
I’ve witnessed firsthand the challenges and struggles that pastors face on a daily basis. Never before have I seen such an epidemic of...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read
New Titles in Christian Leadership
Framework Leadership: Position Yourself for Transformational Change , Kent Ingle In Framework Leadership , Kent Ingle creates a...
Taylor Bankhead
4 min read


Training Pastors @ Boot Camp – it works!
Training pastors in an intense, concentrated week. The Turnaround Pastors Boot Camp offers unique value because it combines reliable...
Taylor Bankhead
2 min read


Training Pastors: Boot Camp A Success!
The last week of April 2016 was a milestone for Turnaround Pastors. Not only was it a blessed opportunity to serve pastors at our Boot...
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. Your job, which you have chosen to...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read


When it’s a waste of time to train pastors …
Pastor Fred (not his real name) was excited, energized, and confident after attending a Turnaround Pastors Boot Camp . He learned what to...
Taylor Bankhead
4 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


Is it time to dump the Gatorade?
Is it time for you – the Interim Pastor – to give your client church the “Gatorade treatment”? Not the victory celebration. I’m talking...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read


7 simple steps to 1st rate church hospitality
When was the last time you visited a place that billed itself as “the unfriendliest church in town?” Me either. I don’t think I’ve ever...
Taylor Bankhead
3 min read
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


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
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
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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