Don’t Compare Yourself to Others

I wrote about this topic a while back and the same conversation came up with a church planting brother the other day so I think it’s worth mentioning again.

It is so easy to compare ourselves to another church or a church leader or church planter. We look at others and benchmark our success (or failures) by what they have achieved. Churches try to duplicate other churches or some of us attempt to be the clone of Mark Driscoll, Craig Groeschel, or David Crowder (goatee and all). But what works for them isn’t going to work for us - not to mention that God has called us to be ourselves in the situation He has given us.

God has uniquely made you. Celebrate it. Live it out loud!

We can learn from others but the best thing we can do for ourselves, our team, and our organization is to be true to who we’re called to be or the vision we have been given…not someone else’s.

April 15, 2008 · Filed Under Church Branding, Church Leadership, Church Ministries, Church Planting, Innovative Churches

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4 Benefits of Using Facebook for College Ministry

My buddy Jeremy Stowe gives four features of using Facebook in college ministry.

I’ve got a profile on Facebook but have to admit … I haven’t gotten on and learned how to use it. Evidentally, a lot of people are using it as their ONLY source of web communications (crazy, I’m soooooo 90’s!).

I think if you encourage Jeremy enough … he might just write some more posts about college ministry using his signature dry sense of humor!

April 30, 2007 · Filed Under Church Media, Church Ministries, Web 2.0

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Help People Chip In for Your Next Mission Trip or Service Project

I stumbled on a neat site via a ProBlogger article and thought I’d mention it …

It’s called ChipIn and is billed as “the easy way to collect money.”

This could be a great way to donations for a person or group going on a mission trip, or a youth service project, or [insert your thing that you need $$$].

For donations less than $10K, there are no fees, except those incurred by PayPal or wherever. There’s even a handy widget that allows you to place your ChipIn graphic on your blog or website.

January 3, 2007 · Filed Under Church Marketing, Church Ministries, Church Planting

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