Jul 29, 2026
We're back with another "Ask Anything" episode!
How do you break through the 500 barrier? How do you decide which programs to prune? How in the world do you free up room in your middle service?!
Sean and Ron Baum, a long-time consultant at The Unstuck Group and ministry leader who has served in the local church for over...
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...