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When Is Top-Down Decision-Making The Right Choice For Your Church?
Top-down leadership is not always right or always wrong. Pastors need to use the right tool at the right time.
A Small Church Guide to Podcasting and Digital Ministry
Chad Brooks, on how to use podcasting and digital content in your church’s discipleship strategy, with minimal time, money, and skill.
5 Problems With Top-Down Vision-Casting – And a New Testament Alternative
One of the pastor’s primary roles is to help people discover and implement the vision God has given them for their lives.
Using A.I. Without Losing Your Soul: A Step-by-Step Guide, with Jason Moore (Ep 063)
Are you not sure how to feel about A.I.? Does it seem mysterious and scary? This will help.
Your Call Is Enough. Now More Than Ever.
Sometimes I must speak biblical truth back to myself until my reality catches up with the truth.
I Don’t Want My Church to Be Small. But It Is. Now What?
Don’t let your desire for church growth stop you from appreciating the importance of doing great ministry right here, right now, at your current size.
Seven Guidelines For Entering A New Pastorate
No method fits everyone, but you can use these to develop your entering strategy and the rate at which you facilitate change.
Church Growth And The Myth Of Inevitability
Many churches won’t grow beyond a certain size no matter how healthy they become.
Keeping Small Church Communications Simple
Everything under the umbrella of Church Communications — digital, social media, and print — should point people to Jesus.
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
You can follow Karl on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn, or Contact Karl to inquire about speaking, writing, and consultation.
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