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How To Write An Operating Procedure
The heart of any serious effort to develop infrastructure in the church is the Operating Procedure. Here on Executive Pastor Online, you’ll find lots of content about infrastructure development and the...
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Writing By-Laws For Your Church
The highest level document for any church or non-profit organization would certainly be the by-laws. I periodically get requests for input on writing or updating by-laws. Of course, I always direct...
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The Importance Of The “Dashboard”
When you think of the word “dashboard,” what comes to mind? Your car? If you’re a pilot, your instrument panel? I remember a class I took in college entitled “Management Information Systems (MIS).” It...
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A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place
The more I serve in this capacity, the more I realize that much of what I’ve learned over my years in corporate applies to managing the church. “Doing church” each weekend is a lot about logistics....
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The Performance Cycle
It’s all about scalability. How can an organization leverage its leadership? Its knowledge? There are only so many leadership people to go around, and good leaders are extremely difficult to find. So …...
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Strategic Planning
Developing a “plan and execute” culture in the local church is critical to success! Here’s a “step by step” description of the process of developing a strategic plan. This can be done in a fairly short...
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The Management System
The Management System is the “backbone” of any serious effort to develop infrastructure in the church. It actually enables growth through leveraging (scaling-up) the talent and expertise of key...
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The Real Purpose Of “Systems”
I remember a Tony Morgan Live post a while back with a quote that really jumped off the page for me. The article was 3 Components of a Healthy Discipleship Strategy. Here’s the quote: “Teaching has the...
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Building “People Processes”
One of the things I love about Church Community Builder (CCB) is the ability to build and automate “people processes.” You know, like assimilation, serving, spiritual growth and development, etc. I did...
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Assimilation Process Implementation
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been contacted by a church wanting to develop an assimilation process. They have one, and they want to improve it or use Church Community Builder to implement...
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