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“Fly By” Weddings?
Many years ago we made a decision as a church not to do “fly by” weddings. You know what I mean. A person who is not connected to your church (and usually no other church) calls the office line and...
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Documenting A “Strategy”
Documenting a strategy is one of the most important steps in any “plan and execute” leadership culture. I will blog more about a “plan and execute culture” in a future post, but for now suffice to say...
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Monthly Reporting
I’ve had a few requests recently to share what we do here at CCV in terms of our monthly financial and overall performance reporting. Each month I prepare a “Monthly Leadership Team Report.” I thought...
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The Real Purpose Of “Systems”
I remember a while back reading a post titled Discipleship Requires More Than Teaching. It was written by Steve Caton before he left Church Community Builder. It made me say, “Hmmmm.” He was referring...
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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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Pastoral Care Infrastructure
Several years ago we made a pretty significant move. Our church had grown to the point where caring for the needs of those attending had become more than a full-time ministry. Hospital visits,...
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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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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 Organizational Chart
An important part of developing infrastructure related to staff, the definition of authority, compensation, duties, and responsibilities, etc. is the Organizational Chart. It seems like a “lost art”...
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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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Resources
This site is all about sharing information with other church leaders on leadership and infrastructure development. God called me to leave corporate to become part of the staff here at CCV and my...
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Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish and communicate certain limitations to the authority of the Senior Pastor as set forth by the Board of Elders. Scope The Senior Pastor is empowered...
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Church Automation
You probably remember the podcast interview I did with Neil Miller from KiSSFLOW a few months ago, where we talked in depth about Executive Pastor Online, challenges facing the church, and how...
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Identifying First-Time Guests
Those of us who measure the number of first-time guests we attract each weekend, know one crucial thing. We’re only counting a portion of the “actual” number of first-time guests. In other words, many...
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Infrastructure And Church Management Software
The longer I’m in ministry leadership, the more I appreciate the value of great Church Management Software (CMS) as a tool for developing strong infrastructure. Our internal timeline for monthly...
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Finance Team Charter
Purpose The purpose of this policy is to establish and communicate the Finance Team charter as set forth by the church’s Board of Elders. Scope The Finance Team is formed and empowered by the Board of...
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A Place For Everything And Everything In Its Place
The more I do this job, 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. You know,...
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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. Or, they have one and they want to improve it or to use Church Community Builder to...
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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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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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