Movement Building

3 Ways to Retain New People in Your Ministry

Don’t confuse socially uncomfortable with spiritually immature. Ministries that struggle to retain new people do not provide opportunities to explore their ministry without having to make a significant commitment. A person’s level of involvement must match their level of commitment in order to effectively retain and develop those in your ministry. Here’s three ways to …

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Starting a Ministry Tip: Impress God & Not Your Friends

Research often leads the charge when faced with something new. But faith and humility give a new ministry life, direction, and a future. I’m advocating calculating and costly faith steps here, not blind/whimsical/pseudo-spiritual decisions. Your friends will be impressed if you can quote all the statistics related to your ministry start-up as well as some …

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A Ministry Funnel Illustrated

Distinguishing future leaders from the general mass of people challenges nearly every ministry starter. The quicker you can identify, empower, and entrust leadership tasks over to someone besides yourself the better (Tony Steward’s insightful post on releasing expired leaders is worth checking out). Campus Crusade since it’s inception has done a tremendous job of developing …

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