Author: Paul Alexander
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New Staff Search: A Church in Phoenix is Searching for a Youth Pastor
I’m pleased to announce a new Staff Search. I’m helping Desert Springs Bible Church as they begin the search for their new Student Ministries Pastor. Desert Springs Bible Church was planted in the 1970’s to reach the growing North Phoenix community and grew to as many as 800 in regular attendance. Currently, at 600 in…
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The Top 10 Blog Posts of 2013
I recently just finished counting down the top 10 blog posts of 2013 on Helping Churches Make Vision Real! These are the posts that generated the most traffic and social media interaction. The most popular topics this year were volunteers, giving & financial stewardship, leadership, and managing the tension of between being an insider-focused or…
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Top Posts of 2013 #1: “10 Insider Focused Ministry Names”
This post generated the most traffic on Helping Churches Make Vision Real this year. Mainly because church-people did a Google search for ministry names and stumbled across this post. I sure bet they were surprised. The language we choose to use is important because it both reflects and builds culture at the same time. And…
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Top Posts of 2013 #2: “Why Nice People Kill Churches”
This post checks in at #2 in 2013. The post went viral, being re-posted on multiple sites…not just due to the title, but the leadership concept it addresses. For the last 12 years I’ve had the incredible opportunity to serve on the Sr. Leadership Teams of some of the nations fastest growing and leading churches.…