Author: Paul Alexander

  • 4 Symptoms Your Church Needs More Volunteers

    As you might guess, our Volunteer Rocket coaching is primarily about helping churches get more volunteers. With that in mind, you may be surprised to learn there are instances when getting more volunteers can actually create more problems. The primary reason this happens is because you have a leadership shortage. If more volunteers create more…

  • 6 Qualities of a Leader I’ve Followed

    6 Qualities of a Leader I’ve Followed

    Over 18 years of full-time ministry I’ve had the opportunity to work some great leaders and my friend Scott Ridout is one of the best. Scott has recently been appointed to be the next President of Converge Worldwide, the movement of churches that Sun Valley (the church I serve at) is a part of. I…

  • 6 Keys to Sustaining Growth

    6 Keys to Sustaining Growth

    Most churches experience growth at some point, but few churches sustain growth over the long haul. There are all kinds of reasons that churches get stuck, but few understand how to sustain growth. Fortunately there are some great resources and leaders out there that we can learn from. In the book “On Leading Change” by…

  • Why Bringing Problems to a Leader is a Problem

    Why Bringing Problems to a Leader is a Problem

    Leaders aren’t looking for problems. They’re looking for solutions. That’s one of things that make leaders…well, leaders. They find solutions, not problems. They lean into the future, not the past. Leaders naturally create chaos and tension in an organization they don’t resolve it. Because they know that every organization needs a certain amount of chaos…

  • Meet my New Leadership Coaching Network

    Meet my New Leadership Coaching Network

    I’m really excited about my next Leadership Coaching Network that’s beginning in a couple of weeks! I wanted to take a minute to introduce you to these incredible leaders that I’ll be spending the next 6 months with, including links to their churches and social media so you can get to know them! 1. Brian…