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2011 December  How Do We Successfully Launch a New Project?

2011 November Should We Unleash the Power of Congregational Planning?

2011 October Why Do Smart Churches Make Dumb Decisions

2011 September  Why Do People Connect with Christ and a Congregation

2011 August  How to Prevent Bad Behavior During Times of Change

2011 July  How to Select Quality Staff

2011 June  What Is the Pastors Role in Church Finance?

2011 May  When Does Success Lead to Failure?

2011 April  Incoming Pastors--Building Smoother Transition Bridges

2011 March Does a Congregation’s Location Influence Its Effectiveness

2011 February Accomplishing Worthy Goals

2011 January What Is Your Unconscious Intent?

2010 December Fifty Years Later: What Has Changed?

2010 November What Are the Big-Picture Trends in Congregations?

2010 October Why are Worship Visitors Important?

2010 September Planning for Unexpected Financial Crisis

2010 August How Much Should We Pay our Pastor?

2010 July Should Congregations Use Social Media?

2010 June  Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail?

2010 May  Generous Givers--A Product of Motivation & Methods

2010 April  What Can We Learn From The Emerging Church Movement?

2010 March   New Trends in Belonging

2009 December  Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation

2009 November   Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation

2009 October Women Pastors--Are Our Assumptions Correct?

2009 September Do We Sing All Five Worship-Hymn Preferences?

2009 August Shepherding Churches through Grief Storms

2009 July Lay Testimonials Strengthen Giving

2009 June One Congregation, Many Locations

2009 May Permanent Endowment Fund: Blessing and Temptation

2009 April What Do People Want in Their Pastors?

2009 March Going into all the World: Church Website Basics

2009 February  Should Our Congregation Offer More Choices?

2009 January  How to Identify Our Church’s Unstated Assumptions

2008 December  Does Your Window Limit Your View?

2008 November  The Fun Factor Asset in Congregational Climate

2008 October  Requirements for Membership: Which Ones Matter?

2008 September   The Change Agent’s Checklist

2008 August   How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?

2008 July      Giving to Congregations: Have Patterns Changed?

2008 June    “Teaching Moments” Strengthen Governing Board Meetings!

2008 May     How Effective Is Our Financial Communication?

2008 April    Making a Good Start with Your New Pastor?

2008 March     Church Members and Community Residents: Match or Mismatch?

2008 January What Core Values Drive Our Church?

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