Leadership
Stop Measuring the Wrong Things!
The fact is most of our old metrics don’t work anymore. COVID-19 made a mess of everything. That doesn’t mean that metrics are useless. It just means we have to stop measuring the wrong things and start measuring the right things. Metrics will always be important. Without them we’d have no way to know if…
Read MoreDon’t Reopen Until You’ve Thought Through These Three Things
In a season of massive public restrictions and closed buildings, here’s why I’m telling my coaching clients to slow down and think through three things no one is talking about before reopening their church doors. The three things are: Quality Children Singing Though we theologically know that the church is not about buildings (or dependent…
Read MorePlumb Lines: An Introduction
Today I want to talk to you about something I like to call plumb lines in ministry. Perhaps you’ve built a fence or laid some masonry, and if you did, you probably had a plumb line that helped you keep everything into alignment. Well ministry plumb lines are the things that help us avoid mission…
Read MoreA New Way to Get My Discipleship and Leadership Content
It’s no secret that I’m passionate about both discipleship and leadership. To provide easier access to my content and training, we’ve launched a new YouTube channel. We’ve already uploaded a series of short videos on Raising Kids, Leading for the Long Haul, and more. I’ll obviously be adding new content on a regular basis.…
Read MoreThe Two Biggest Mistakes Pastors Make When Launching A Multisite Campus
There are two huge mistakes that pastors tend to make when moving to a multisite model. They reinvent the wheel and they pick the wrong kind of person to be a campus pastor. Multisite has become so common and ubiquitous that most pastors and leadership teams assume that they can figure it out on the…
Read MoreLeading Well For the Long Haul
Everybody wants to leave a legacy. But the reality is we can’t control the impact or the length of our legacy. We’re prophets to our own generation (Acts 13:36) who serve God, play our role and are gone. That said, how we live and lead does have an impact on our endurance. Our perspective,…
Read MoreLarry Osborne and Chris Brown Church Leadership Interview
This Video was part of “The Creative Leadership Tour: LA to San Diego.”
Read MoreInnovation’s Dirty Little Secret Interview with Tony Morgan
Tony Morgan, founder of TonyMorganLive.com, interviews Larry Osborne, a teaching pastor at North Coast Church in Vista, California, about his new book “Innovations Dirty Little Secret.”
Read MoreThe Difference Between Establishing Experience and Bragging
Larry sits down with Jusin Blaney and talks about when it is appropriate to talk about the number of people who attend your church and when this crosses the line into pridefulness.
Read MoreThree Keys to Innovation
IT SEEMS THAT EVERY LEADER AND ORGANIZATION WANTS TO BE INNOVATIVE. But innovation in ministry is often misunderstood.
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