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February 2012 – “How to Manage Change Resistance” – Herb Miller

January 2012 – “How to Perfect Your Leadership Triangle” – Herb Miller

December 2011 – “How  do we Successfully Launch a New Project?” – Cynthia Woolever

November 2011 – “Should we Unleash the Power of Congregational Planning?” – Herb Miller

October 2011 – “Why do Smart Churches Make Dumb Decisions?” – Herb Miller

September 2011 – “Why Do People Connect with Christ and a Congregation?” – Herb Miller

August 2011 – “How to Prevent Bad Behavior During Times of Change” – Herb Miller

July 2011 – “How to Select Quality Staff” – Herb Miller

June 2011 – “What is the Pastor’s Role in Church Finances?” – Herb Miller

May 2011 – “When Does Success Lead to Failure?” – Herb Miller

April 2011 – “Incoming Pastors – Building Smoother Transition Bridges” – Herb Miller

March 2011 – “Does a Congregation’s Location Influence its Effectiveness?” – Cynthia Woolever

February 2011 – “Accomplishing Worthy Goals–Being Smart is not Enough!” – Herb Miller

January 2011 – “What is Your Unconscious Intent?” – Herb Miller

December 2010 – “Fifty Years Later:  What Has Changed?” – Lyle Schaller

November 2010 – “What are the Big-Picture Trends in Congregations?” – Cynthia Woolever

October 2010 – “Why are Worship Visitors Important?” – Herb Miller

September 2010 – “Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis” – Herb Miller

August 2010 – “How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor?”

July 2010 – “Should Congregations Use Internet Social Media?” – Cynthia Woolever

June 2010 – “Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail?” – Herb Miller

May 2010 – “Generous Givers:  A Product of Motivation and Methods” – Herb Miller

April 2010 – “What Can We Learn from the Emerging Church Movement?” – Cynthia Woolever

March 2010 – “New Trends in Belonging” – Cynthia Woolever

February 2010 – “Should We Fine-Tune Our Church’s Internal Culture?” – Curtis House

January 2010 – “Become Comfortable with Conflict:  Step One to Moving Beyond It!” – Herb Miller

December 2009 – “Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation?” – Cynthia Woolever

November 2009 – “Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation – Lyle Schaller

October 2009 – “Women Pastors:  Are Our Assumptions Accurate?” – Cynthia Woolever

September 2009 – “Are We Singing the Right Hymns” – David Bales and Herb Miller

August 2009 – “Shepherding Churches Through Grief Storms” – Richard Bales

July 2009 – “Lay Testimonials Strengthen Giving” – Bill Couch

June 2009 – “One Church:  Many Locations” – Cynthia Woolever

May 2009 – “Permanent Endowment Fund:  Blessing and Temptation” – Herb Miller

April 2009 – “What do People Want in Their Pastors?” – Cynthia Woolever

March 2009 – “Going into all the World: Church Website Basics” – Cynthia Woolever

February 2009 – “Should Our Congregations Offer More Choices?” – Lyle Schaller

January 2009 – “How to Identify Our Church’s Unstated Assumptions” – Herb Miller

December 2008 – “Does Your Window Limit Your View?” – Cynthia Woolever

November 2008 – “The Fun Factor Asset in Congregational Climate” – Herb Miller

October 2008 – “Requirements for Membership: Which Ones Matter? – Cynthia Woolever

September 2008 - “The Change Agent’s Checklist” – Lyle Schaller

August 2008 – “How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?” – Lyle Schaller

July 2008 – “Giving to Congregations: Have Patterns Changed?” – Cynthia Woolever

June 2008 – “Teaching Moments” Strengthen Governing Board Meetings!

May 2008 – How Effective is our Financial Communication?

April 2008 – Making a Good Start with Your New Pastor?

March 2008 - Church Members and community Residents: Match or Mismatch?

February 2008 – Shepherding New Ideas through Change-Resistance Minefields (Sorry I can’t change the spelling error in the pdf file.)

January 2008 – What Core Values Drive our Church?

December 2007 - What Can Other Congregations Learn from Megachurches?

November 2007 - Turnaround Strategies for Small Churches: Which Ones to Use?

September 2007 - Do We Help People Grow Spiritually?

July 2007 – Attracting New People: Are We Building the Bridges?

April 2007 – What Does a Photograph of Our “Corporate Culture” Reveal?

February 2007 - Where Do Teenagers Want to Go to Church?

January 2007 – E-mail: Uses and Misuses in Congregations

June 2006 – Financial Stewardship: Myths & Principles