by Michael Bayne | Feb 26, 2021 | church planting, leadership
A few years ago, Seth Godin released a book called The Dip. The book was beneficial for a pastor (that would be me) who enjoys the joys of starting new things but hates the process’s pain. The book’s point was to help leaders look at the cost of starting...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 19, 2021 | church planting, leadership
When you think about accountability, we always think it’s good for everyone else, but you rarely seek to empower personal accountability when you are in a leadership role. I’ve been thinking about accountability these days as I have watched leaders and organizations...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 12, 2021 | communication, leadership
For many pastors and ministry leaders, the deadline to speak or preach comes ruthlessly each week. We need new content, and we have to be ready to be faithful to our responsibility to invest in the people we serve. In the past few years, I have discovered that our end...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 5, 2021 | church planting, leadership
My wife and I planted a church 3 years ago with a team of 42 people that went all-in with this dream of Greenville Community Church. We merged with a revitalizing church 2 years ago and relaunched. I’m stepping into year 4 of this journey thankful for the...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 29, 2021 | change, leadership
There was no way we could have known what a difficult year this would be when we first heard about COVID-19 a year ago when the first case popped up in Seattle. As I am writing this, that was a year ago this week, and like other flu-like viruses we have encountered,...
