Jul 22, 2026
The senior pastor owns vision. The ministry staff own execution. But who owns the space in between?
The gap between vision and execution—the strategy, the alignment, the ability to pull things together—is where churches get stuck. And the executive pastor is the person who can close that gap.
You may call this role...
Jul 15, 2026
The job of the senior pastor is enormous.
Prepare and deliver sermons. Ensure the spiritual health of the church. Model biblical priorities. And, roughly, 400 other items.
Whether it’s in the written job description or not, senior pastors have too much to do. And when everything is on your plate, everything feels
Jul 8, 2026
Of all the relationships in your church, there's one relationship that determines whether everything else runs smoothly or grinds to a halt—the relationship between the senior pastor and the executive pastor.
When it's healthy, the whole organization feels it. And when it's not…the whole organization feels that...
Jul 1, 2026
Fast-growing churches don't necessarily impress us. More often than not, growth reveals the areas where churches are actually stuck. But every once in a while, we run into a church that is both growing and healthy.
City Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has seen 51% year-over-year growth. But they've experienced more...
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...