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How To Be A Strategic Pastor And See Your Church Grow
By Hal Seed on Aug 29, 2022
You make a dozen decisions a day. How do you know what’s the right decision? What moves your church forward? What’s wasting time?
You make a dozen decisions a day.
Big ones like what your sermon series should be in the fall. Or little ones like who to have lunch with. Or what to do after you read this article.
How do you know what’s the right decision? What moves your church forward? What’s wasting time?
How do you sort through all that ministry-life puts on your plate to do the most important things? It’s a daily problem.
It would be nice to have confidence that you are leading your church strategically, wouldn’t it?
Here’s a solution I’ve worked out. See how it could help you be a more strategic pastor who does more strategic things to grow your church.
5 Ways to be a Strategic Pastor
1. Schedule prayer retreats.
It’s easy to forget how long it’s been since your last prayer retreat.
I know why not to go. It’s hard on your family for you to get away. It costs money. It takes time that you don’t have.
My friend Paul Becker is the founder and president of
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