Five questions to move beyond week-to-week leadership. Dave Ramsey captured the financial tension of living week-to-week about as well as anyone could: “having month left at the end of your money.” COVID-19 thrust many church leaders into a similar type of tension: “having week left at the end of your ministry.” Riding-out the latest wave […]

In a sense, generosity in your church can be viewed like waves on the ocean. The ocean is never still. Whether observing from the beach or a boat, we expect to see waves on the horizon. Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion. Generosity in your […]

Every church faces a new paradigm for ministry, and we’re asking five new staffing questions that now must be answered. We are closing in on two years of disruption around HOW and WHERE we do church. What if future ministry effectiveness will be less a question of WHAT we’re doing and more about WHO is […]

Have you made the necessary adjustments for a new era of church leadership? It’s highly likely your staff remains structured around pre-pandemic ministry activities, calendar priorities, or job descriptions. With the promise of a return to normalcy this fall, one question looms: Have you made the necessary adjustments for a new era of church leadership? […]

You have a vision, so don’t settle for less in your vision communication. January is a natural and necessary time of year to cast a compelling vision. There’s only one problem. In 2022 the stakes are as high as they have ever been to reengage and reenergize your congregation. This is not the year to […]

What can a leader do to maximize the effectiveness of everyone who calls their church home? 2021 will be an exciting time to serve in the local church! There are some challenges for sure as our political, social, and physical worlds are always changing. But amid this uncertainty lies the hope of gospel-fueled clarity. Getting […]

Start 2022 with a visionary disciple-making plan to create a micro-group strategy for making disciples that make disciples. Start 2022 with a visionary disciple-making plan to create a micro-group strategy for making disciples that make disciples. While a select few churches have seen a “full” return to in person ministry on their church campus, most […]

There’s no “silver bullet” solution for navigating the new world of transformational ministry ahead, but here are two tools that will help you lead into what’s next. As the world outside your church continues to change, it is clear that the delta variant discoveries, re-masking mandates, and vaccination polarization will continue to create changes inside […]

In each REWIND we’ll point toward a strategic focus for the fall, and provide some great thought leadership content to you and your team. Here’s CLIP FOUR of your AUXANO SUMMER REWIND: Pull Your People into Vision Conversations Church leadership remains challenging as our political, social, and physical worlds are always changing. But amid this […]