by Derek Sanford | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Helping Churches Find their Voice | Does a person need to be baptized to get into heaven? | Celebrating some wins Episode Summary In this episode, Derek and Danielle address the question of whether baptism is necessary for salvation, explore how churches can find...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is a great tool to adapt and share with your church as we approach the holiday season. Christmas is a time of year when the vast majority of people will attend a church if they are invited. That last part is the key. Some will come because of their own...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION Let’s be honest, most of us pray small, selfish prayers. We pretty much pray for ourselves, our family, and for two or three sick people we know. And the things we pray for ourselves are pretty basic. It’s stuff that’s...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION God is not silent. God is not withdrawn. He is willing and able, even eager to speak to his children. In fact, it’s hard to imagine an intimate relationship with Christ that does not include regular experiences of hearing his...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
CLICK TO READ THE BLOG SERIES INTRODUCTION We don’t like waiting for anything. Waiting is a bad word in our instant culture. No one likes to wait. But we wait in traffic, wait in airplane holding patterns, wait in grocery store lines, wait for the foursome ahead of us...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been at that crossroads? At your job, with a relationship, or a life decision? Maybe it’s a ministry decision, what’s next for your ministry, how to navigate a new direction, are you the person to lead in this next season? Maybe you feel like you’re in a...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
How can the church help marketplace leaders? | HOW to leave a church | A trick to aligning teams around core values Episode Summary In this episode, Derek and Danielle celebrate Ruby Jude’s first holidays, explore the best ways to leave a church, discuss how the...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Erwin McManus once said, “Churches are filled with people who are going to die with the dreams God has for them trapped inside their souls.” That’s a haunting thought. It was a quote that helped motivate me to take the risk of reinventing our church. I wonder if...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
EQ in Discipleship and Leadership | Why to leave a church | And Derek’s PTSD over Annual Meetings Episode Summary In this episode, Derek and Danielle discuss whether to trust the Bible or AI, reasons for leaving a church, the role of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) in...
by Derek Sanford | Nov 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Our church is heading into a season of transition from a church-growth assimilation model to a missional multiplication model. We’re re-thinking everything. One of the main things that we’ve been working on is a new scorecard. How do we measure discipleship outcomes...
