Unless you overlay accountability onto the micro-shift we described in Starbucks, Micro-Shifts and Discipleship, all you have is a solid lesson in a discipleship class. Our world desperately needs disciples who reflect Jesus.

There is a lot to be learned about discipleship from a micro-shift made twenty-five years ago by Starbucks.

Here is how you can build a community profile to really understand who your neighbour is and how you can reach them.

Leading is hard work. And at times, discouraging. In fact, if you’ve never felt discouraged you probably haven’t worked on anything worthwhile. Feeling discouraged is inevitable. Staying discouraged is avoidable.

Board meetings, staff meetings, budget meetings, strategy meetings, planning meetings, and meetings about meetings. Can you hear the sound of air being sucked out of the room? Why are meetings SO bad?

Vitalization is more than getting a definition of success right. It’s doing what Jesus calls his followers to become - faithful and fruitful.

The source of fatigue may not be physical. It is imperative that we learn to find rest for our soul.

A pandemic and sociological upheaval leave pastors facing increased threats to their relationships and longevity. Some of longest serving pastors of many of the most vibrant churches in Canada, share 12 qualities of resilient leaders.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges to church leadership across the world. How adaptive changes have responded to pandemic challenges.

Imagine if 75% of your church were actively engaged in the discipling of pre-Christians and Christians? What a day that would be.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single purchase. Cue “The Big Spend” and churches across Canada championing local businesses on July 25th. The big idea came from one of our PAOC credential holders, Tim Schindel.

Before COVID, churches were safely hidden behind a mask of traditionalism and irrelevance. Masks allowed too many dreams to be squashed, passions to be quenched, and visions to be shutdown. Now, all masks, except ones for AHS, are off.

Using the past as a springboard into the future.

The spirit of religion is the number one thing blocking any progression of the church. The spirit of religion sinks its teeth into traditions and idolizes methods to create a god of ideology that can seem impossible to topple.

Root issues behind failure in Christian Ministry.

The average person has no idea what next steps to take to connect into this congregation and what the destination (being a part of the church) might look like. It’s up to us as leaders to create clear and obvious next steps for them.