Sep 9, 2026
Most churches build structure without ever naming what they're structuring around.
Pastors want good structure for really good reasons. They want communication to work. They want to catch problems before they become a crisis. They want to know nothing’s falling through the cracks. And honestly, most of them want...
Sep 2, 2026
If your church is over 1,000 in attendance, you’re just too big to run on relationships.
At some point, the way you’ve always led stops scaling—not because relationships don’t matter (they do) but because the ministry is now carrying more complexity than your current structure can support.
This is where many...
Jun 24, 2026
The Q2 2026 Unstuck Church Report is here!
For this report, we are focusing on staffing trends in churches of various sizes.
In this year’s survey, we asked pastors and church leaders to tell us about the biggest staffing and structure challenges their churches are facing. And it’s clear that there are some big...
Apr 29, 2026
"Structure changes have really changed our church... and it's changed me."
We’re doing something different this week on the podcast. We invited Pastor Donny Wadley from Fountain City Church in Knoxville, TN, to share his experience of going through The Unstuck Process.
Before engaging with us, the church was hitting...
Apr 1, 2026
Pastoral burnout is one of the most critical issues facing church leaders today. And it’s not just about overwork or lack of boundaries: Your structure might be the very thing that’s creating the conditions for burnout—for both you and your staff.
We’re seeing this pattern play out in churches everywhere. Lead...