Administration

Articles 40 Ways to Welcome Your New Pastor
- By Bob Crossman
- Posted on April 23rd, 2013
Prepare for the Transition 1. Open your hearts and decide that you are going to love your new pastor. 2. Begin praying daily for the new pastor and family, even as you continue…
Articles Spring Planning: 4 Critical Tasks
- By Wade Griffith
- Posted on April 2nd, 2013
The busyness of Christmas and other end-of-year tasks can make it hard to hit the ground running in a new year. I hear ya. I feel ya, too. Lent came early this year, and Easter…
Articles Review: The Work of the Associate Pastor
- By Billy Doidge Kilgore
- Posted on March 21st, 2013
A clergy friend once said to me, “the first three letters in the title of associate pastor should be emphasized the most.” “Why is that?” I asked…
Articles Review: Leadership that Fits Your Church
- By Eric Van Meter
- Posted on March 11th, 2013
Finding a good match between pastor and congregation is one of the great difficulties of all Christian denominations, regardless of the polity under which they operate…
Articles 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Bulletins and Newsletters
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on January 31st, 2013
It's a rare church that has a graphic designer on staff, or even an experienced professional willing to volunteer for the sometimes-tedious task of compiling the information for…
Articles Getting Counting Wrong - and Right
- By Jorge Acevedo
- Posted on January 24th, 2013
Many in my denomination are in uproar over the recommendations that every one of the more than 32,000 United Methodist churches in America measure vitality for at least the next…