Recruiting for Your Microchurch Made Easy
Everyone wants to have a vibrant and growing microchurch, but people are not going to magically appear at your microchurch. The absolute, overwhelming majority of people attend a microchurch not because of some formal process of assimilation set up by the church… it is because someone from that microchurch invited them! So here are a few tips to help make recruiting for your microchurch easy: Read more 
Community: Inside & Outside of Microchurch
There is something about meeting people where they are at outside of the traditional microchurch/bible study setting. As much as we try not to, we all come with our “Bible study face” on when we go to church functions like a microchurch. It isn’t until you mix that up or hang out with people outside of your microchurch night that you really can get to genuinely know a person (or at least some other sides of them). Here are some suggestions on how to build community both in and out of your microchurch setting that don’t involve traditional, cheesy or churchy activities : Read more
Thinking Outside the Box
Routine. It is easy to get in one and just do what is easy… but that is never what is best for you or your microchurch. As leaders, we have to FIGHT for renewed vision, passion, and creativity. Fight the urge to do the same thing the same way. Fight against complacency. Here are some ways to think outside the box and mix things up in a microchurch setting: Read more
Facilitating Prayer in Your MC
Every person coming into your microchurch has a different level maturity when it comes to prayer. You may have newbies who have never prayed in their life to seasoned intercessors who have logged more hours on their knees than you have been leading a microchurch! So how do you, the microchurch leader, facilitate a prayerful microchurch where those who know nothing of prayer can grow in this critical aspect of their faith while at the same time not going so elementary that those seasoned prayer warriors are twiddling their thumbs?
I am going to give you a few tips on how to facilitate prayer in your microchurch where everyone wins: Read more
Cultivating an Atmosphere of Worship
Worship. It is not just the songs we sing on Sunday. It is not just something religious that is done during large group gatherings. Everyone is a worshiper, whether you are a follower of Jesus or not. The real question is not if you worship, but what you worship.
With all that being said, there are still times when worship (songs and praise directed towards God) can help to cultivate and facilitate lifestyles and even microchurches that maintain a continual, worshipful gaze with their eyes fixed firmly on Jesus. So how do we set a worshipful tone within the context of our microchurch? What does that look like week to week? How do we keep worship fresh? Well, I’m glad you asked. Here are a few pointers on how to keep worship vibrant and impactful in the context of your microchurch. Read more
Strength in Numbers: Microchurch Collaboration
Part of the beauty of the microchurch movement is that each microchurch is a unique expression of the body of Christ. But what happens when there is a gift, wisdom, or even a type of outreach that is needed that may not be expressed in the microchurch you are in? If that is the case, then it may be time to reach outwards and partner with other microchurches (or a macro expression of church) to ensure that the fullness of the body of Christ is being properly utilized. Here are some reasons why creating a culture of collaboration will benefit not only your microchurch but the ones you reach out to as well: Read more
Engaging The Spirit at Microchurch
The Holy Spirit. It’s the gift that most leaders would rather not open… but in neglecting, these leaders also miss some of the most powerful moments in the life of a microchurch. This post gives an overview of the Holy Spirit and asks some practical questions of how to incorporate Him into your microchurch. Read more
The Bourne Leader
The Bourne Identity was a great movie. Jason Bourne was a secret agent that was part of an experimental government test that enhanced his natural abilities, allowing him to be one of the best spies/agents ever. He saw things that no one else saw and did things that no one else would think of doing in certain situations… the best microchurch leaders have this “Bourne edge” to them; able to perceive things and lead the microchurch in a way that not many see but in a way that benefits everyone and enhances every members’ microchurch experience. Here are a few tips to subtly enhancing your skills as a microchurch leader that no one will even notice you are doing but will increase the quality of your microchurch! Read more
How to Deal with Problem Members
If you are a microchurch leader, you have had this happen; you are having a great night and then all the sudden one person completely sidetracks the entire evening by putting the focus exclusively on them. It doesn’t matter what you were talking about, praying about, or doing… they craved the spotlight and tried shut everything else down so the focus would be on them. So what do you do when you have a member of your microchurch that is completely (and sometimes regularly) throwing your microchurch off track?
Here are a few ways to handle a “problem” member: Read more
Creating Culture through Storytelling
Everyone loves a good story. It is what we grow up listening to and being enthralled with, and there is a reason stories work… especially in regards to leadership and culture creation. This post explores how great microchurch leaders leverage the art of storytelling to create culture and see results in their microchurch by choosing the right stories to tell. Read more
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