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Leaders like you read our blog on a weekly basis. Read each post, download the audio version, or have the site read it to you. I want to make sure you understand this: I am here to serve you, and that's the goal of this blog. Here you'll find helpful, contextual posts that relate directly to the current climate of ministry and marketing. If there are more ways I can serve you or you think there is an article that could use some more depth, please reach out and let me know.
Two Easy Wins for Content Management and Social Media Sharing
When you are head-down and focused on reaching your long-term goals, it’s easy to forget that the best way to reach them are easy wins along the way. Easy wins are what I would call a momentum makers, and the more wins you have along the way, the greater chance you have at accomplishing your…
How to Make the Most of Sticky Teams (and other conferences)
It’s conference time again here at North Coast Training, and your pastor is probably wondering if the team should go again this year. The argument is pretty simple: If you’re doing the same conferences year after year, then you’re not learning anything new. You see the same speakers, hear the same talks, and go back…
Why we switched hosts and how it improved our user experience.
We breathe a little easier now. If you have a website, then you know your web host is mission critical to your success. Everyone always assumes their hosting provider is working for them, but how many know that they need to work with you? It’s like making the move from a beginner’s stick, to one that’s…
Creative Team Meeting Framework for Sermon Branding
Creative team meetings don’t have to be a headache. I want to help your church by providing a creative team meeting framework with ten questions that will help you discover, develop, and distribute an effective sermon series. In this resource, you will receive access to a fully editable PDF file that will help you think…
How to Save $82,000 a Year for Your Church
$82,000 is a lot of money, for any size of church. A few months ago my friends at Tithely came to me asking about our experience with moving North Coast Church over to Tithely. To give you a little back-story, when we first started discussing the possibility of moving giving providers, we were using no…
How to Close the Feedback Loop and Improve Your Message
“Great job pastor. Your message really hit the spot for me.” Sixty-nine percent of pastors spend between ten and eighteen hours studying for their message on a weekly basis. Thirty-four percent of new guests return to a church as a direct result of a message they heard. In his post on why people don’t come…
"You have nothing to prove and no one to impress." - Larry.
I talk about margin a lot. I think some of it comes back to how I was raised, but most of it is how I went through ministry stressed and just plain tired for so long. So I learned how to say no and set proper priorities, learned to value the right thing in life, and really, learned to breathe easier. Maybe you're there now, and maybe, just maybe, you need some margin in your finances, relationships, time, and life too.
