Do you value your Church Volunteers and Team Leaders?
Every church depends on their faithful volunteers who give of themselves each week to serve their church, God and each other. Without them, our churches wouldn’t function at all. Like all of us, our volunteers have very busy lives balancing time and energy between family, work, and church. Continue reading
We all want to see new visitors come to our church, get planted, and flourish, but we easily forget what it’s like being a first-time visitor to a new church. They’ve never been here before so they don’t know what to expect, what to do, where anything is, what the service will be like, and so on. Continue reading
There are many church management software solutions on the market today, and churches who are looking for a solution seem to focus on what information they can store in a particular software. While this is definitely important, I believe they are overlooking the most important feature of a church management software solution. Continue reading
We at Excellerate believe very strongly in the power of serving the community to grow the church. Serving isn’t some trick to create growth, or some way to tie God’s hands and force Him to grow your church, serving is a way to treat people the way God wants to see them treated, and it’s the very essence of God’s personality. That’s why it’s so powerful. Continue reading
There are so many different ways of organizing a small group system. There are the basic structures such as 5 x 5, Principle of 12, Free Market, In-Out, etc… plus many different variations and combinations of structures. Continue reading
New visitors to your church have one question in mind – “Is this for me?”
That question will be partly answered in the first few minutes of their visit – the kind of people they see, the style of music, friendliness, etc.. But they also want to know things like: how the church started, what it believes, what it expects out of its members.
If you want to retain these visitors, you have to make the information they crave readily available. The more open you are about these kinds of topics, the more comfortable people feel in supporting you and beginning a relationship with your church. Continue reading
It’s simple to say, but vital: teams can only exist if they’re unified. A team without unity is like a body where no two cells stick together. All the cells might be alive, but a trillion single celled organisms will never be able to do half of what one organism made of a trillion cells could do.
So, to help you take your church and the volunteer teams to the next level, we’ve put together a few tips. Continue reading
Unfortunately, the question of how to handle rebellion in church is one that often gets asked. Without knowing the details of your particular situation, I can’t speak directly to it, because every instance is somewhat unique. But, there are a few rules that apply in every case. The most important is that you can’t ignore the problem. It is never, ever easy to handle a situation like that, but no rebellious act has ever been resolved by silence. Continue reading
I recently got an email with a great question, and I think it’s one many churches have. The question was:
“I have to get more parents serving in the children’s ministry! I’ve been asking ‘how’ for two years and still don’t have any workable answers.”
I have three suggestions. Continue reading
We all know that small groups are a great way for people to get more connected into church and to each other, but sometimes the hurdle can be getting them to take the first step of signing up to try a group. Here are some tips that we’ve seen work well for many of the churches we’ve worked with over the years. Continue reading