by Michael Bayne | Jun 4, 2014 | leadership
This year I fell in love with the show Shark Tank. I know I’m late to the party but I’m huge fan of the show. I have a entrepreneurial spirit deep in my soul. I love to start things so the idea of people presenting their dreams to investors is so...
by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2014 | Grace Community Church, leadership
When we launched our church almost 9 years ago we made a critical mistake. We avoided talking about money. Our motives were really good. We had seen the issue of money handled poorly by the churches in our past and we wanted to handle it in a different way. The...
by Michael Bayne | May 14, 2014 | leadership
It’s amazing how hopeful we are when we take on a new leadership challenge. In our excitement for the new opportunity we rarely slow down to evaluate the challenges we will face. Chances are that you were brought on the team and recruited based on potential...
by Michael Bayne | May 9, 2014 | book review, leadership, staff development
This past year was my first year leading from the first chair in our organization at Grace Community Church. I could never have imagined what a joy and what a struggle it would be to lead as one of our lead pastors. Along the journey in the middle of a difficult...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2014 | change, leadership, Orange
Most churches are built around investing in churched people. Think about that reality. It’s true and if you have thought about this idea much it can drive you crazy because our mission from Jesus was to help people outside the faith become followers of Jesus. We...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2014 | leadership, volunteers
Every church and ministry needs volunteers but very few churches and ministries have a strategy to deliberately create a culture that attracts volunteers. If you’re struggling to attract volunteers you may have a volunteer culture problem. Today I had the chance...
