Assessment: Church Health Assessment

Bill Johnson: Apostolic Voices MasterClass

PASTORAL VOICES MASTERCLASS

Pastoral ministry is already one of the most challenging ministries on earth! But add a global pandemic and an economy-killing lockdown and it can push you into pastoral crisis and burnout. Thankfully, help is on the way. This Pastoral Voices MasterClass, will draw from the wisdom of four senior pastor couples, from the Catch The […]

Break the 200 Barrier Challenge . 2019 Edition

“Break the 200” Challenge is a 5-day online challenge that will take you through keys to developing a healthy leadership.
There are important aspects of building community that can help you experience effective church growth and during this challenge we will dive into these core principles together.

Abundance-Based Leadership

In this Masterclass, you will learn how to shift your focus away from the negative, what’s lacking and not working and onto the positive, abundance, and opportunities that surround you daily. We will learn how to train our thinking to line up with Kingdom reality. When you change the way you see things, the things […]

Identity Restoration MasterClass

Most Christians I talk to think they already know who they are in Christ. The reality is, they usually do. They know the Scriptures that talk about their identity, they just believe something different and don’t live the truth of who they are. We may know who we are, but we don’t live out of […]

Department Development MasterClass​

A thriving Church depends on excellent programs and ministry departments. Regardless of terminology, your worship ministry, your greeter ministry, your children’s church etc. are essential to your impact as a church. But for many reasons, these ministries can be challenging to build and maintain.

Millennial Ministry MasterClass

Most of us are living in anticipation of the next wave of REVIVAL that will sweep the Body of Christ and bring forth a new harvest of souls. One of the clearest stats of previous revivals demonstrates that in every harvest, the vast majority of those who commit their lives to Jesus, will be under 30 years old.

Structures that reflect Administrative Excellence and a Healthy Church

Our church leaders tend to fall into two categories professionally: public school teachers or federal government employees. The gift of administration is not lacking in my church! We bring the skills, training and values of our professional careers and seek to build that same level of excellence and accountability in all our ministries, and seek […]

Pursuing a Lifestyle of Servanthood

Article by Teresa Chang Our church leaders have developed a well-established culture of servanthood in our home church. New members and newly baptized believers all learn about having a servant heart in their membership class, and are encouraged and given the opportunity to serve in various ministries. Our children are taught to serve in Sunday […]

Fostering a Lifestyle of Kingdom Strategy

Article by Teresa Chang As an intensely purposeful Being, God has a plan, and He encourages us to plan according to His plan, while remembering that we are completely dependent upon Him. We need to work in partnership with Him to accomplish the purposes He ordained for us. A vision is what you see. A […]

3 Pillars of Healthy Pastoral Structures

Article by Teresa Chang I had my first experience of close community in my church small group. We started out as a group of college ladies that met weekly, had dinner, fellowship, did a short bible study and prayed for one another. We continue to meet to this day, over a decade since we’ve started! […]

Signs of a Pastoral Lifestyle

Article by Teresa Chang Several of my church leaders from my home church really stand out as walking out a pastoral lifestyle. One of our elders opens her home for weekly bible studies every Saturday morning, where she cooks breakfast for the entire bible study! Our young adult leader, she installed smart locks on her […]

Who are you raising up? Who is your legacy?

One of my best friends started as a church leader by becoming the head of our college group soon after we graduated from our university. He was discipled by our previous college group leader, and had led many of us to Christ or helped us to turn back to our faith. As our church’s college […]

How to Build a Pastoral Culture in Your Church

Article by Teresa Chang God is entirely motivated by love. Love moves His hands to action and is the driving force of His heart. Our freedom is a pulsing desire within Him. As a church leader, building a pastoral culture in your church will help each member walk in the freedom and love God has […]

Church Health – Prophetic Lifestyle

Article by Teresa Chang In 2008 our church had a prophetic renewal, where prophetic words were being poured out on many members of our church. Sadly, this fizzled out a few months later, in part because we had not created a good cultural structure to house this gift and make it a lifestyle for all […]

Leaders! Model the culture your want to see in your church…

Article by Teresa Chang We as church leaders need to recognize that culture is like the banks of a river. If there are no riverbanks, the river becomes a marsh, but where the banks are strong and stable, they channel the river’s flow, taking it where it needs to go. Culture channels the flow of […]

Church Health – Culture of Healing

Article by Teresa Chang The recorded words of Jesus will change our lives, yet it is important to remember He did more than speak! When we talk about His words, we also need to talk about His works. The words and works of Jesus form the gospel—they are the good news. As a church leader, […]

Church Health – An Introduction to Intergenerational Ministry

Article by Teresa Chang As church leaders, we must acknowledge that we live in an individualized society that has embraced this motto: “I can do it by myself.” We glorify the self-made man or woman and place a lot of importance on a person’s inner strength. But we weren’t made to be alone. We weren’t […]

Church Health – Lifestyle of Administrative Excellence

Article By Teresa Chang Just as God is excellent in everything He does, we should have a value for excellence in everything we do on a practical level. We as church leaders can help our members become excellent stewards in every aspect. Living a lifestyle of excellence on a practical level encompasses a person’s resources, […]

Church Health – Evangelistic Culture

Article by Teresa Chang Our church was birthed out of a Korean church’s college group ministry, and as such, all of our church leaders had a heart to reach the university campus nearby. We intentionally rented our church space right next to the university so that we could open our doors to college students. We […]

Church Health – Apostolic Structures

Article by Teresa Chang Ministries are like vehicles. They work well for a time and then you trade them in for a newer model. You don’t expect a car to last forever, and it costs a lot of money if you try to make it last forever! As church leaders, always be open to new […]

Church Health – Vision for Servanthood

Article by Teresa Chang One of our annual Passion Week traditions is that our church leaders will wash the feet of every church member. It is a powerful time and demonstrates Jesus’ love for us as He washed the disciples’ feet. It is also a reminder to us church leaders of the heart posture we […]

Church Health – Vision for Truth

Article by Teresa Chang One of the greatest blessings of being a part of my home church is that I’m surrounded by church leaders who love the Word of God. Many of us were raised up in our senior pastor’s marathon bible studies, which were 3-4 hours of inductive Bible study! His motto was “context […]

Church Health – Apostolic Vision

Article by Teresa Chang At the moment of his salvation, the apostle Paul received what he called a “heavenly vision” (Acts 26:19). One encounter with God, and the course of his life changed forever. His ministry shifted the world—and it all began when Jesus encountered him on the road to Damascus. Years later, Paul described […]