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Ferret People & Sub-Culture

Was headed to bed the other night and flipping the channels when I got fascinated by a documentary on PBS called “Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence”. The documentary followed a group of f… more →

UPFRONT with John Darnell

Got Style? Evangelism in General- by Dr. Jeffery A. Johnson

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 1 week ago: It is my pleasure to participate in a virtual book tour for Dr. Jeffery A. Johnson and his new book … more →

Tags: Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, Evangelism, Got Style, Jeffery A. Johnson, spiritual formation, Spiritual Growth

#11 The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: What is our leadership development process?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 1 month ago: Simple Discipleship Coaching Model World famous author and Christian leader John Maxwell has well … more →

Tags: Change Management, Church Organizational Development, coaching, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, Benefits of Coaching, church leadership, Ministry & Leadership, Missional Church

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church: #6- What Process Does Your Church Use to Make Disciples? — 2 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 5 months ago: New SD Logo The key word for this article is “process.” Prior to the twentieth-century, … more →

Tags: Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Church Decline, Church failure, church leadership, Church Strategy Planning

How to be a smart church innovator

Sam Simmons wrote 7 months ago: Church leaders today have to be innovators. I’ve tried my share of innovation, but what I trie … more →

Tags: Ministry courses, Online Seminary, Rockbridge Seminary, Larry Osborne, north coast church, Master of Divinity, Leading Change, church leadership

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask about Your Church: Who Is Our “Customer?” — 1 comment

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 7 months ago: Leadership Who is our customer? There does not seem to be a great word to describe the people targ … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Change Management, Church Decline, Church failure, church leadership, Church Management, Church Organizational Development, church planning

Why Do We Need Self-Assessments?

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 8 months ago: Leadership I led a funeral service last week in which I had been granted the use of the Bible belong … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Church Organizational Development, leadership, Discipleship, baptist church decline, Spiritual Growth, church leadership, Ministry in times of crisis

The Twelve Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Church

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 8 months ago: Leadership Leaders by nature must lead. I have heard an unusual number of pastors say, “I just … more →

Tags: Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Discipleship, Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, Church Decline, Church failure, church leadership, Church Management

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #11- Lose Your Passion — 3 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 9 months ago: Leadership Ok, so the Lord can say it in ten and I cannot—like Donald Keough I just had to add one m … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Missional Church, Discipleship, baptist church decline, Spiritual Foundations, church leadership, Church Management

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #8 Thou shalt love thy bureaucracy.

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 9 months ago: Leadership “This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and N … more →

Tags: Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Simple Discipleship, baptist church decline, church bureaucracy, church leadership, Church Management, church planning, Organized Religion

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #7-Thou shalt put all thy faith in every “new thing” that appears to work in another church.

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 10 months ago: Leadership In 1995, a localized spiritual awakening occurred in Brownwood, Texas and the instrument … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, spiritual formation, Holy Spirit, church leadership, church planning, Church Management, Church Consulting

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #6 Thou shalt not take time to pray — 1 comment

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 10 months ago: Leadership In 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in which he wrote, “People are never al … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, church leadership, Presence, Worship, Prayer

Ferret People & Sub-Culture — 1 comment

John Darnell wrote 11 months ago: Was headed to bed the other night and flipping the channels when I got fascinated by a documentary o … more →

Tags: Marketing & Promotion, leadership, church, Culture, Community, pbs, sub culture, Ferrets, "Buckeye Bash"

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #2 Thou Shalt Not Change Anything! — 1 comment

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 11 months ago: Leadership A close second to “Thou Shalt Not Take Risks” is this one “Thou Shalt N … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Discipleship, Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Missional Church, baptist church decline, Holy Spirit, church leadership, Church Management

Oh Lord, You're Beautiful...

John Darnell wrote 11 months ago: Heard this song just the other day in a service and was amazed at how fresh it was… Passion ne … more →

Tags: church, Worship, Intention, intentional worship, Keith Green, oh lord you're beautiful

Ten Commandments for Church Failure: #1 Thou Shalt Not Take Risks — 2 comments

Dr. Tom Cocklereece wrote 11 months ago: Leadership Last week I offered an introduction titled Ten Commandments for Church Failure (http://dr … more →

Tags: Simple Discipleship, Change Management, Church Organizational Development, Church Decline, turnaround churches, Church Planting, Risk Taking, Church failure, church growth