Dear CT Blog readers,
 
We are beginning the process of giving our congregational transformation website (www.congregationaltransformation.com) an extreme makeover.  We continue to add tools in transformation toolbox which need to be reflected on our website and we want the website to maintain a significant “wow!” factor. 
 
Would you do us the favor of taking a [...]

My hunch is that most church leaders have heard this said at some point in their congregation — usually as someone was getting ready to worship elsewhere.  I know that hearing this would certainly cause me to reflect on my effectiveness.  But, how might a congregational leader most helpfully unpack this statement?
Two entwined questions have [...]

The other day, Phil Maynard said to me, “I think it would be helpful to present ‘The Methodist Way’ not as practices, but as the core values of our mission to ‘make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.’”  After some thought, I think he’s right and though it may be a [...]

I think that we have been too negative about our congregations.  Sure, in a constantly changing culture we have to constantly adjust in order to be missionally effective.  But how we go about helping one another adjust makes all the difference in the world!  How can congregational leaders be more effective as missional leaders in [...]