I liked this post from Perry Noble, Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina. I want this to be how we act at Calvary Church. “I believe there are five phrases that we should NEVER hear from someone on staff.” #1 - “That’s Not My Job.” When a staff member is asked to do [...]

I found this post on Tim Steven’s blog. I think it has some great stuff. Top Ten Leadership Mistakes by Tony Morgan Tony delivered a content-rich talk to open the Church Solutions Conference. Here are my notes from his talk about the top ten leadership mistakes he has made: Hiring Too Fast. Firing Too Slow. Every minute [...]

So the rest of the seminar was pretty good. I learned about the 5 Main Functions of an Executive Pastor - Administrator, Catalyst, Mentor, Minister, and Overseer. They were good. I learned about hiring, meetings, and other fascinating things. It’s interesting how in the Exec Pastor world you have half the people who are from the [...]

I’m at the XP Seminar in Dallas today. It’s pretty good so far. I’m definitely on the younger end of the spectrum for this group, but there are a bunch of people in their 30s here so I’m not super out of place. They all dress a bit more conservatively than I would prefer, but [...]

So tomorrow I am leaving for the XP Seminar in Dallas, Texas. It should be interesting. This is a conference just for Executive Pastors and since Michael and I just started this job we thought it might be good to learn a little bit more about it. I’m very curious of how I will “fit [...]

We will have our first meeting with the Strategic Leadership Team of Calvary Church today. It’s a group of 10 of us that will help to provide vision and strategy for achieving that vision. Our agenda for today looks like this:1. Season of Prayer - just some good old fashioned prayer in an open way.2. [...]

I started the day at a meeting with Homeland Security which sounded pretty interesting. It’s a strange part of the new job that I got a call from Santa Ana Homeland Security and they were meeting with city businesses and non-profits to create partnerships and plan for any future natural disaster or terrorist act. It [...]

Today I started my move up to my new office. I need to take some pictures and post them on here. I’m up in the Worship Center of our church. My new office has a big window that looks down on the auditorium of the Worship Center. It’s pretty big and cool. I am getting [...]

We announced to our volunteer teams today that I am now the Executive Pastor of Ministry, that Josh Simpson is the new Jr High/Student Ministries Pastor, and that Matt Doan will soon not be the H.S. Pastor anymore. It was a pretty big day with those things. I got emotional when I talked to our [...]

Well, it’s official. We announced to our Calvary Church staff today that I am moving into a new position. Starting sort of now and officially in January, I am the Executive Pastor of Ministry at Calvary Church. Michael is the Executive Pastor of Administration. If you’re not in ministry, it’s like Michael is the CFO [...]