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YOUR CHURCH NEEDS EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS

Most churches look like they have it all together on the surface.

Passionate staff and smiling volunteers are helping make Sundays happen.

The lights are on and people are still pulling into the parking lot to attend service, serve, and give each week.

But underneath the surface, the systems are in shambles.

When you’re in a church you love and you have the right people in the right roles, what can you do to help the church operate more smoothly and keep your staff and volunteers from burning out?

The answer is to get better systems.

Systems can keep first-time guests from falling through the cracks, help retain volunteers, improve financial stewardship, and more.

Here are some of our best resources on this topic.

7 Systems Every Growing Church Needs

7 Systems Every Growing Church Needs

Pastors aren’t always great with the business side of church. Preaching, casting vision, helping people…those are usually right in their wheelhouse. But strategy, operations, planning, technology, and finances often feel like they get in the…

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7 Steps to Building a Healthy Church Culture

7 Steps to Building a Healthy Church Culture

Your church culture is like a force. Not like the (pantheistic) force you find in Star Wars. But a force like a momentum that leads your church to do what you do and don’t do.…

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The Best Follow Up Process for First Time Guests

The Best Follow Up Process for First Time Guests

Churches spend a lot of time, money, and energy encouraging guests to visit their church. And rightfully so. Our churches should be places where the community is welcomed and where guests are expected.  We should…

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Establishing Healthy Staff Rhythms

Establishing Healthy Staff Rhythms

“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and…

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When the Senior Pastor Doesn't Love Processes

When the Senior Pastor Doesn't Love Processes

Ever since we started talking about healthy systems, I’ve heard comments like these again and again: “I’m just not a systems person.” “We’re more of a make-it-up, week-to-week kind of church.” “We don’t want to…

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Closing the Back Door of Your Church

Closing the Back Door of Your Church

Not everyone who visits a church stays at the church. And not everyone who initially connects stays involved over the next few years. Every Church Has a “Backdoor” I know this isn’t a shocking revelation,…

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How to Re-Engage Your Volunteers

Sure, you want to reach new people. But let’s face it, just engaging your congreagation can be tough. Without your donors, volunteers, leaders, and inviters out there doing their thing, your church is going to struggle.

The Seven Systems Every Church Needs

You can have a clear mission, but without healthy systems, you’re not going to get everyone moving in the right direction. You can preach the vision, but if you don’t have a clear path for people, your vision talk with be just talk.

That’s because you don’t have a mission problem, or a facility problem, or even a volunteer problem. You’re probably knee deep in a systems problem.

Passion isn’t enough and vision isn’t enough. You’ve got to organize and align everything if you want to see fruit. You’ve got to bring some systems and structure to the passion and vision.

Watch this free training called “Seven Systems Every Church Needs.”

The Senior Pastor's Guide 

We put this together to give you some practical and actionable ideas to reach more people in your churches (as well as outside of them). We want you to be and feel fully equipped to reach people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

In this guide, you'll read about…

  • Reaching More People
  • Leading Staff
  • Leading Volunteers
  • Stewardship
  • Breaking Growth Barriers

and more.

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Streamline will help you create healthy systems in your church. Each chapter gives you the guidance and action steps you need. You'll get real tools to help you plan, organize, and lead your church.
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Pastor
The Church at Lake Travis
Austin, TX

“Church Fuel is an integral part to my personal leadership development, giving me specific items to work through in our staff and church. Our staff team became aligned to the same goals and we worked intentionally through them strengthening our team, culture, and systems. Not only would I say we have a healthier church culture, but I've greater confidence in what I'm doing and know specifically what to work on.”

Lawrence Huey

Pastor
Epicentere West Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

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