by Jay Jones | | Leadership
Legacy Leadership: 10 Tips for Pastoral Succession In the lifecycle of every thriving church (and even the stagnant or declining ones), a moment comes that is as inevitable as it is challenging – the transition of leadership. For pastors in their 50s and 60s, this...
by Jay Jones | | Leadership
Leading Change: Unveiling the Power of Innovation Adoption Every leader’s desire is to not just bring vision to their church, but to see that vision become reality. If you’re like most leaders, though, you’ve found implementing new ideas to be very...
by Jay Jones | | Leadership
A Simple Plan for Making Big Changes in a New Church You’ve probably heard the old adage, “how does a new pastor move the organ from one side of the platform to the other? One inch at a time!” It sounds funny and even sounds true, but I disagree...
by Jay Jones | | Leadership
Should We Follow the Successful Churches? How Survivor Bias Kills Ministries. Are you like me? I mean, are you a pack rat when it comes to collecting resources, ideas, and methods of other ministries? I confess I’m an unabashed student of others who seem to be...
by Jay Jones | | Leadership
5 Tips for Delegating to Volunteers If you need to relieve yourself of some of your workload and know you need to ask unpaid volunteers to do it, let me share a plan for how to recruit them without feeling guilty about it. Whether you’re a paid pastoral leader...
by Jay Jones | | Leadership
7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started A better understanding of our past helps us ensure a better future. This is just as true for ministry as it is for life. As I reflect on my ministry over the past 30+ years, I realize that there are things I know now that I wish I...
