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My team and I at The Unstuck Group recently partnered up with Blackbaud to survey church leaders across the country and find out more about how church leaders are defining and measuring engagement. Why? Because I'm hearing that word come up more and more often when we're serving churches.
My team and I at The Unstuck Group recently partnered up with Blackbaud to survey church leaders across the country and find out more about how church leaders are defining and measuring engagement. Why? Because I'm hearing that word come up more and more often when we're serving churches.
24 Apr 2019

Church Engagement Report 2019 – Episode 90 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

My team and I at The Unstuck Group recently partnered up with Blackbaud to survey church leaders across the country…
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We always talk about how assessing church health is really about a mix of both numbers and stories, and that's true. We need the stories to confirm what the numbers are telling us. The challenge with stories, though, is that we can never know everybody's story at a specific moment in time.
We always talk about how assessing church health is really about a mix of both numbers and stories, and that's true. We need the stories to confirm what the numbers are telling us. The challenge with stories, though, is that we can never know everybody's story at a specific moment in time.
03 Apr 2019

Reliable Metrics for Church Health & Growth – Episode 87 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

We always talk about how assessing church health is really about a mix of both numbers and stories, and that’s…
Growing Strategies, Hospitality & First Impressions, Listen, Staffing & HR
They're just trying to decide whether or not to come back. And we hit 'em with everything we've got. In this episode, Tony and Amy share practices churches should avoid if they want to connect with new guests.
They're just trying to decide whether or not to come back. And we hit 'em with everything we've got. In this episode, Tony and Amy share practices churches should avoid if they want to connect with new guests.
30 Jan 2019

4 Worst Practices for Connecting with New Guests – Episode 78 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

They’re just trying to decide whether or not to come back. And we hit ’em with everything we’ve got. In…
Get Unstuck, Growing Strategies, Listen
You can find a lot of opinions about how people are doing multisite, but we see far less written about the actual outcomes of different multisite models and strategies. Whether you're leading a multisite church or just considering it someday, this episode is packed with practical application to make you more effective and help you avoid costly missteps.
You can find a lot of opinions about how people are doing multisite, but we see far less written about the actual outcomes of different multisite models and strategies. Whether you're leading a multisite church or just considering it someday, this episode is packed with practical application to make you more effective and help you avoid costly missteps.
09 Jan 2019

Ready or Not for Multisite? (Revisited) Episode 75 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

You can find a lot of opinions about how people are doing multisite, but we see far less written about…
Get Unstuck, Growing Strategies, Listen
I started thinking about how open to change people seem at the beginning of the year, and I wondered, if I could help churches make some New Year's Resolutions, what would they be? I came up with four. Sean and I unpacked them in this first episode of 2019.
I started thinking about how open to change people seem at the beginning of the year, and I wondered, if I could help churches make some New Year's Resolutions, what would they be? I came up with four. Sean and I unpacked them in this first episode of 2019.
02 Jan 2019

Tony’s 2019 Resolutions for Churches – Episode 74 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

I started thinking about how open to change people seem at the beginning of the year, and I wondered, if…
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Get Unstuck, Growing Strategies, Leadership & Management, Listen
My heart is always to help the church. But sometimes that means speaking the hard truths that keep us from getting unstuck. Recently, I published an article called 20 NEW Politically Incorrect Thoughts on Church in America. As you can imagine, it caused quite the stir.
My heart is always to help the church. But sometimes that means speaking the hard truths that keep us from getting unstuck. Recently, I published an article called 20 NEW Politically Incorrect Thoughts on Church in America. As you can imagine, it caused quite the stir.
21 Nov 2018

8 Politically Incorrect Thoughts About the Church – Episode 69 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

My heart is always to help the church. But sometimes that means speaking the hard truths that keep us from…
Get Unstuck, Growing Strategies, Hospitality & First Impressions, Listen, Staffing & HR
A few trends jumped out at us from the Q4 2018 edition of The Unstuck Church Report. From increasing vs. decreasing weekly attendance, the relevance of church membership, and whether or not you should fire all of your part-time staffers.
A few trends jumped out at us from the Q4 2018 edition of The Unstuck Church Report. From increasing vs. decreasing weekly attendance, the relevance of church membership, and whether or not you should fire all of your part-time staffers.
14 Nov 2018

A Deeper Dive on Church Health Trends – Episode 68 | The Unstuck Church Podcast

A few trends jumped out at us from the Q4 2018 edition of The Unstuck Church Report. From increasing vs.…