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Church Growth
Tim Spencer

When the Growth Cycle Ends

Vision is clarified. Strategy is developed. Action plans are implemented. Lives are changed. Needs are met. Growth follows. The pattern repeats. And the end never comes. Or does it? The reality is that growth seasons run in cycles. As sure as there’s a beginning, there’s an end. What kind of

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Strategy
Tim Spencer

Strategy Starts in the Mud

The best ideas and strategies come from leaders and teams closest to the people being served and the ministries deployed to meet their needs. Think about that for a moment. While we often make strategic ministry decisions around the conference table, consider that a better way is to create strategy and generate ideas with

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Operations
Tim Spencer

Change the Environment to Change the Meeting

Early in my ministry life, I remember a weekly staff meeting around a large conference table in a cramped room (with fluorescent lights and leather-bound club chairs). At the time, I didn’t think much about the setting or the meeting outcomes, but in retrospect, I see how the two things

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Church Growth
Tim Spencer

Dechurched America

Have you thought lately about the people you used to see at church? They may be folks who came regularly prior to COVID-19 and the resulting closures. They could be people who spent most of their time around the edges of church life—the ones who may not have fully committed

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Leadership
Tim Spencer

Are You a Self-Aware Leader?

Are you a self-aware leader? Answering yes means that you recognize what you’re good at and what you’re not. It means that you understand what you know and what you don’t. Most of all, it means that you’ve learned what you can do yourself and what you should give away

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Evangelism
Tim Spencer

#imustconfess

#imustconfess that before Christ, I was lost and confused about my purpose and my place on this earth. It’s true that I had heard (and read) the words of Jesus Christ, but I didn’t know Him in a personal way. I was 9 years old when I made Jesus Lord

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