A church is ready to build when: There is a compelling need for space “Because the Baptists build one” isn’t a compelling reason for your church to build a family life center or a sanctuary or anything else. If a church needs a new facility the first thing to build is MOMENTUM. Many churches massively underestimate people’s desire [...]
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Church Construction Funding
If there is one thing you should know before you buy anything it’s how much you’re willing or able to pay. The only way you can possibly understand how much you should to spend is to have a solid understanding of how this purchase impacts everything else you want or need to spend money on. That’s [...]
Continue reading...Athens Church Open House
IT IS FINISHED!!!! Athens Church that is. Come Join us for the Open House at the home of North Point Community Church’s latest venue. WHY you should join us: Because Dave Benham and the architectural team from www.Neal-Prince.com are going to talk you through the power of an effective master plan. Because Brad Leeper from www.GENERIS.com is [...]
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3 Steps To Determine How Much Space Your Church Needs
The basic concept of COSTCO is “buy it by the gallon and save a buck” That’s a great philosophy for mayonnaise but it stinketh for church building. The best way to save a buck when building your church is to know precisely what you need to get and go out and get it! If you [...]
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Vital Behaviors
I’m reading and incredible book right now titled “Influencer – The Power To Change Anything”. One of the key concepts of the book is Vital Behaviors. “A Vital Behavior is a high-leverage action that will directly lead to the results you desire. Vital Behaviors should also meet the following criteria: a. Each one should be [...]
Continue reading...4 Reasons It’s Time To Build!
It’s Time To Build If: You think you’re a year out from a project – Most of the churches I have the opportunity to be with realize at some point in the process they should’ve started the conversation much, much sooner. The reason? It takes longer than you think to design and build a church. [...]
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The End Of Attendance Based Compensation
Seth Godin said in his best selling book “Linchpin” that “we are at the end of attendance based compensation”. People no longer get paid for just showing up. How true is that for the work we do building the kingdom? Are you doing the work, or are you just showing up? What has to happen [...]
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1700 Reasons I Love My Church
I just got back from an incredible time with 1700 high school kids and leaders from North Point Community Church at Panama City Beach FL. This video wash a flash mob the staff organized for the last day of the trip. If you look really close…..you won’t see me at all but I’m there in [...]
Continue reading...Death By Mission
Casting Vision vs Casting Mission I met with BOB this morning. BOB is not a person, it’s 4 guys I meet with every week and do life with. I wrote a post about these guys titled “Who’s got your back” ,and another one on how to have a “Personal Board of Directors” a while back. This morning we were [...]
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